Dogging the Past

In Spring of 2003, Junko Hamaguchi wrote an article titled "Lost in Translation - Here’s what those cool-looking Japanese tattoos really say" for Echo Magazine, a student magazine for Columbia College Chicago. The same article was then republished in Chicago Tribune.

One of the photos was this one:



The photo's caption says:

The tattoo belongs to Marcus Gonzales

• What he thinks his tattoo says: "strength" and "courage."
• What it actually says: The left part of the symbol appears to say "dog," while the right part conveys something along the lines of "time moving into the past." Smushed together, the two symbols amount to gibberish.

The amazing thing is that I have found an exact replica of it in July 2005 issue of Tattoos for Women magazine!







The legend continues...