Yakuza Tattoo
A chance meeting in a Yokohama pub led Lund University researcher Andreas Johansson straight to the heart of the Japanese Yakuza mafia. For two weeks, he was 'embedded' with a well-known Yakuza clan, enabling him to document their tattoos through photography. He is now releasing his book of photos 'Yakuza Tattoo'. In 2014, Andreas Johansson participated in a conference in Yokohama, Japan. One evening, he met a man with ties to the Yamaguchi-gumi clan. The conversation ultimately lead to a journey back to Japan the next year, where Johansson had the rare opportunity to follow the group with his camera for two weeks. 'I have always had a strong interest in religious symbols, and how they are used in non-religious contexts', explains Andreas Johansson, who is a history of religions researcher at Lund University in Sweden.
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