Isho ukuthi irezumi yi ama-tattoo aseJapan yendabuko ayifuneki kangako. Igama ngokwalo lisho 'tattoo', njengoba irevu lisho 'faka' kanti uzumi usho inki.
Nokho, ithemu irezumi isetshenziselwe isikhathi esithile ukuqoka i- imidwebo yendabuko yaseJapan. Kulesi sihloko sizobona umsuka waso.
Umsuka we-irezumi
Imvelaphi yama-tattoo eJapan ayicaci kahle, yize kukhona ochwepheshe abazama ukuthi ingabuyela emuva ku-10.000 BC., ngoba amamaki abonakele emizimbeni yaleso sikhathi angahambisana namathambo, yize kungeyona inkolelo eyamukelekayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Kufanele ubuyele emuva ku-600 BC ukuthola isampula elingaphezulu noma elincane eliqinisekile lamathambo aseJapan. Kubonakala sengathi ezinye izivakashi ezivela eChina zaziqaphela lapho zihamba.
Ubuciko obuguquguqukayo
Kubukeka sengathi esikhathini sokuqala ama-tattoos ayesetshenziswa njengezisusa ezingokomoya kanye nokubeka uphawu kuzinga. Kepha, empeleni, noma ngabe kukhona okushiwo nofakazi be-irezumi ngaleso sikhathi, okwaziwa nangokuthi isikhathi seYayoi, akukho lutho oluthathwa kalula.
Izincwadi ezimbili ezinhle zemilando yangaleso sikhathi, i- kojiki futhi i nihonshokiEqinisweni, baveza ukuthi ama-tattoo eJapan abengekho, nokuthi labo ababezigqokile babengabokufika (ngaphandle kuka-Ainu, esasikhuluma ngaye muva nje).
Ngaleso sikhathi, lesi sikhathi sokungavikeleki sivula inkathi ebanzi lapho ama-tattoos asetshenziswa kuphela ukumaka izigebengu, ngaleyo ndlela kuthathwe izincazelo ezingezinhle. Ngeke kuze kube yisikhathi se-Edo (1600-1868), lapho i-irezumi ifinyelela ebukhazikhazini bayo ngokuphelele, lapho izinto ziqala ukushintsha.
Sithemba ukuthi uyithandile le ndatshana ngemvelaphi ye-irezumi. Mhlawumbe ngolunye usuku sizokhuluma ngesikhathi se-Edo bese siqhubeka nomlando othokozisayo walobu buciko. Sitshele, ungathanda? Ingabe unawo ama-tattoo wesitayela saseJapan? Khumbula ukuthi ungasitshela ukuthi ufunani, ngalokhu, kufanele usishiyele amazwana!