The Kyosei-kai ( 共政会 , Kyōsei-kai ) is a yakuza group based in Hiroshima , Japan .
6-570: The Kyosei-kai was formed in May 1964 from seven yakuza clans united by bakuto Tatsuo Yamamura. The Kyosei-kai is known for its history of fierce conflicts with various other yakuza groups, and therefore, the Kyosei-kai is thought to be most responsible for creating Hiroshima's "town of violence" image. Notably the Kyosei-kai has been in conflict with the Yamaguchi-gumi , the largest yakuza syndicate, since
12-497: Is based on actual 20th-century yakuza conflicts engaged in by Hiroshima yakuza syndicates, particularly the events leading up to the formation of the Kyosei-kai. Bakuto Bakuto (博徒) were itinerant gamblers active in Japan from the 18th century to the mid-20th century. They were one of two forerunners (the other being tekiya , or peddlers) to modern Japanese organized crime syndicates called yakuza . Beginning around
18-487: The 17th century, bakuto plied their trade in towns and highways in feudal Japan , playing traditional games such as hanafuda and dice . During the Tokugawa shogunate , violent bakuto ikka (families) rose to power with the gambling spaces they ran, occasionally hired by local governments to gamble with laborers, winning back worker's earnings in exchange for a percentage. They had varying qualities of relationships with
24-841: The early 1960s. The Kyosei-kai was a leading member of two anti-Yamaguchi federations, the Kansai Hatsuka-kai (formed in 1970) and the Nishinippon Hatsuka-kai (formed in 1989), and has formed a new anti-Yamaguchi federation named the Gosha-kai since 1996 with three other Chugoku -based organizations, the Kyodo-kai , the Asano-gumi , the Goda-ikka , and the Shikoku -based Shinwa-kai . The Battles Without Honor and Humanity yakuza film series
30-497: The tradition of yubitsume , or self-mutilation as a form of apology, to yakuza culture. Up until the mid-20th century, some yakuza organizations that dealt mostly in gambling described themselves as bakuto groups. But this was seen as outdated, and most were eventually absorbed into larger, more diverse syndicates. For example, the Honda-kai was a Kobe -based bakuto gang which formed an alliance after World War II with
36-417: The villages in which they lived, often as well with the government, despite their connection. In the 18th century, the tradition of elaborate tattooing was introduced into bakuto culture. Dealers of card or dice games often displayed these full-body tattoos shirtless while playing. This eventually led to the modern yakuza tradition of full-body tattooing. Bakuto were also responsible for introducing
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