May 1, 2014
Tatoueurs, Tatoués: The Biggest Tattoo Art Exhibition In The World
According to this article, 'It wasn’t until the 19th century, during the cultural Edo period, that Japanese tattoo started to develop as an art. Before that, it was used primarily to mark prisoners and also developed in pleasure quarters of cities as a symbol of love between prostitutes and their clients.''
Read more here.
I'm wondering if this played into the relationship between Jack and Bai Ling in "Lost" when she didn't want to tattoo him.