Beautiful…
Irezumi 1937 (by Blue Ruin1)
This is a Press photo from 1937 that has been trimmed down from a larger photograph sometime during its life. On the back is typed the following: “Tattoo / Tattooing. Because they believe that tattooing makes them beautiful many Japanese women endure the painful process without an opiate. They spend hundreds of dollars in this manner. Roto 9/26/37.”
