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Originally known as Laurelwood, the area that Studio City occupies was formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando.Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando was a 116,858-acre (472.91 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Eulogio F. de Celis.
Studio City, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, and the city of Los Angeles. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.
This eventually led to the modern yakuza tradition of full-body tattooing. [1] [4] Bakuto were also responsible for introducing the tradition of yubitsume, or self-mutilation as a form of apology, to yakuza culture. [3] [4] [5] Up until the mid-20th century, some yakuza organizations that dealt mostly in gambling described themselves as bakuto ...
By the early 21st century, tattoos were stigmatized in Japanese culture, and many Japanese associated them with the Yakuza. [4] However, there was a movement to revive the practice as a symbol of female empowerment and of their Ryukyuan cultural heritage. [ 4 ]
Kamurochō appears in adaptation works of the Yakuza franchise outside of the video game series. For the Japanese and Asian market releases of the original game in 2005, Sega created a pre-order campaign limited bonus item called Kamutai Magazine, a full-color magazine which was a travel guide to various locations within the district. [9]
At Horiyoshi's studio in Yokohama, Japan, tattoos are outlined mostly freehand using an electric needle. [5] He did the outlining by hand until the late 1990s. [3] His friendship with Don Ed Hardy, started in the mid-1980s, lead to Horiyoshi's adoption of electric machines.
893239 or Yakuza-Nijūsan-Ku (ヤクザ23区) [a] is the project name for a collection of short films based on Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) and 23 ku (区, special wards) in Tokyo, Japan. Each clip is about 5–18 minutes long and is shot by a different director with his own crew from various backgrounds.