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According to this Wikipedia article, the Tsesarevich and future Tsar Nicholas II got a dragon tattoo on his arm during his 1891 trip to Japan. Was this a permanent tattoo? Why did he get it? How was this viewed by Russian and European society?

by /u/henry_fords_ghost in /r/AskHistorians

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