/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9969149
There is actually quite a lot of stuff to be found. They aren't that secretive since they are, technically, legal companies. You can start any kind of company in Japan, just not do illegal stuff with it. But if they can't proof you do...

English is limited and sometimes full of translation and interpretation errors tho, both on tattoos as on gokudō. Better to read in Japanese if you can. But even Wikipedia is a good start, funny enough. Explains the basics quite well. After that, look for interviews with traditional artists and gokudō directly, as the change on translation errors and misinterpretations is a lot smaller there, even in English.

There have been multiple times where journalists would get into contact, and sometimes traditional tattoo artist also talk about them. It takes quite some time of negotiating to get into contact with them (although some have been allowed to walk with the family for a few year to report, so it's worth it). I doubt companies like VICE will do that much trouble for an interview tho, they are too much from the easy to get, quick information.

>It's getting hard finding pictures but I don't want to get off-topic talk without at least an on-topic picture XD