While body art is widely accepted in many countries, tattoos are considered taboo in Japan, especially in public places like bathhouses, gyms and even workplaces. Because of this stigma ...

TACOMA, Wash. — When the Tacoma Art Museum needed someone to guest curate "Echoes of the Floating World," an exhibition about ...

According to the professor, tattoo culture spread in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867). Although tattoos were used as art, authorities also tattooed criminals as a form of punishment back then.

While body art is widely accepted in many countries, tattoos are considered taboo in Japan, especially in public places like bathhouses, gyms and even workplaces. Because of this stigma, tattoo ...