tattooing

modification of the skin consisting of images created by ink placed in human skin, permanently or semi-permanently
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tattooing

Summary

tattooing is a type of arts[1]. tattooing draws 313 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_arts category, ranking #22 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • tattooing's instance of is recorded as type of arts[3].
  • The location of tattooing was tattoo parlor[4].
  • tattooing is a type of body art[5].
  • tattooing is a type of technique[6].
  • tattooing is a type of body modification[7].
  • tattooing's Commons category is recorded as Tattoos[8].
  • tattooing comprises irezumi[9].
  • tattooing comprises tattooing in China[10].
  • tattooing comprises tattooing in Ainu and Jōmon culture[11].
  • tattooing comprises tattooing in South Korea[12].
  • tattooing comprises tattooing in Myanmar[13].
  • tattooing began on 3351 BC[14].
  • tattooing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tattooing[15].
  • tattooing's product or material produced is recorded as tattoo[16].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[17].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • tattooing's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[23].
  • tattooing's topic has template is recorded as Template:Tattoo[24].
  • tattooing's history of topic is recorded as history of tattooing[25].
  • tattooing's uses is recorded as tattoo ink[26].
  • tattooing's uses is recorded as tattoo machine[27].

Body

Definition and Type

tattooing's instance of is recorded as type of arts[3]. Recorded subclass of include body art[5], technique[6], and body modification[7].

Use and Application

Components include irezumi[9], a tattoo style[28]; tattooing in China[10], in People's Republic of China[29]; tattooing in Ainu and Jōmon culture[11], a tradition[30]; tattooing in South Korea[12], in South Korea[31]; and tattooing in Myanmar[13], in Myanmar[32].

Influence

Things named for tattooing include Picts[33], a tribe[34], in United Kingdom[35].

Why It Matters

tattooing draws 313 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_arts category, ranking #22 of 31).[2] tattooing has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] tattooing is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for tattooing include Picts[33], a tribe[34], in United Kingdom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Template:Tattoo
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Described by source Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10695, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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