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Thanks. Are the tattoos, the scanty clothing and the somewhat (to my eyes) effeminate appearance anything to do with being a courier? Or just something to titillate postcard buyers?

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WastedCucumber 9 days ago | parent [-]

I was curious about this too and did some searching. Found this source

https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/882/19th-century-japan...

as well as the wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikyaku

I didn't see anything about tattoos or the eye makeup, but the loincloth definitely came up. That was their typical clothing, regardless of weather, although I find kind of hard to believe.

	▲	hermitcrab 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		Interesting. I wonder how easy it is to run distances carrying a pole? >I didn't see anything about tattoos or the eye makeup, but the loincloth definitely came up. That was their typical clothing, regardless of weather, although I find kind of hard to believe. Maybe that was just while they were running? And the way station provided some warm clothing when they stopped?