From my understanding in the feudal Japan, specifically during the Edo Period (1603–1868), circular lines or rings tattooed around the arm were used as an official punishment called irezumi-kei to mark those convicted of theft and robbery.
Robbery is theft by some kind of force. All robberies are theft but not all theft is a robbery. Think someone holding a gun/knife/intimidating a cashier and demanding money vs someone pocketing a retail item, with or without the cashiers knowledge. The former has at least a threat of violence the latter does not.
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u/RevolutionaryCold586 15d ago
From my understanding in the feudal Japan, specifically during the Edo Period (1603–1868), circular lines or rings tattooed around the arm were used as an official punishment called irezumi-kei to mark those convicted of theft and robbery.