Yakuza is considered as a mafia organization in Japan. The term Yakuza means a gang of bastards (slang). In japanese, Yakuza means "eight - nine - three". The sum of them is 20. The lowest point in western cards. The origin of Yakuza tattoo came from Bakuto. The tattoos are very common within the yakuza members. Until today, most of the yakuza members have a tattoo. They tattooed themselves for each victory they got (usually a crime). The more crimes that they had committed, the more tattoos they would have. A tattoo of a yakuza can take up to 100 hours.
A tattoo can cover all the body of a yakuza member. In fact, the tattoo is thick enough to make you think they are wearing a T-shirt when they naked. The tattoo can be about dragons, flowers, mountain lanscape, the sea, fish, and abstract designs.
Sources:
http://www.yakuza-mafia.blogspot.com/
http://www.vysa.jp/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1408&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
http://www.tattooology.com/yakuza-tattoo.html
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