Talk:Mugen/@comment-75.18.243.61-20140402065759/@comment-74.69.2.126-20141228224234

Ring tattoos are prison tattoos. In the Edo period all prisoners were tattooed. That is actually why the Yakuza embrace tattooing whole heartedly and why even today getting tattoos in Japan is still a bit of a stigma. As for his ethnicity, Okinawan would be close enough assumption, while you would still be correct in Mugen not being full Japanese, in the Edo period he would not be considered Japanese at all. Not as we would. The Okinawan Islands saw much trade from China and Japan. Stands to reason the people there would be mixed to a degree, also they are fisherman by trade. The "darker" complexion is considered fisherman's skin by us Islanders.