Seibei
From BMEzine Encyclopedia
The first of the tattooed Yakuza (Japanese mob) bosses.
In old times Yakuza were not tattooed. Seibei of Choraku-ji Temple was the first tattooed Yakuza boss. Tattooed on his back was Ono-no Komachi and cherry blossoms on his waist, hands, and legs. When he took a hot bath and drank, his skin became pink (see silver red). He was a Yakuza boss in 1827 in Fugieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
