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Fukushi Masaini (1878–1956) was a Japanese physician, pathologist, and emeritus professor at the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo
Fukushi Masaini (1878–1956) was a Japanese physician, pathologist, and emeritus professor at the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo. However, he is much better known as the creator of the world's only collection of tattoos taken from people with their skin. Fukushi Masaichi studied at the Tokyo Imperial University of Medicine. In 1914, after an internship in Germany, he began teaching at the Medical College of Kanazawa University. Masaichi later became chairman of the "Japanese Society of Pathologists". Initially, his area of interest was syphilis: Fukushi investigated how this disease provokes aoritis and thyroid diseases. In fact, he became interested in tattoos during his research in this area: once Masaiti noticed that applying ink to syphilis lesions destroyed the pathogen. His skin studies led to the acquaintance of many people who had tattoos. As a result, in 1926 he became interested in the art of Japanese tattooing, irezumi. Performing autopsies, Masaiti removed the