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Fukushi Masaichi
Fukushi Masaichi | |
|---|---|
福士政一 | |
| Born | January 30, 1878 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | June 3, 1956 (aged 78) |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Education | Nippon Medical School |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, pathologist and professor |
| Known for | Study of tattoos |
| Children | 1 |
Fukushi Masaichi (福士 政一, 30 January 1878 – 3 June 1956) was a Japanese physician, pathologist and Emeritus Professor of Nippon Medical School in Tokyo. He was the founder or nite of the world's only known collection of tattoos taken from the dead.[1] Fukushi Masaichi and his son Fukushi Katsunari are known in Japan as "Irezumi Hakase" (刺青博士, approximately: "Dr. Tattoo").
- ^ Hardy 1988, p. 74
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