The Japanese issued a decree outlawing facial tattoos in the early years of the Taisho era (which began in 1912), but in fact prior to this they had forbidden the practice in every Atayal village which came under their control.
大正初年，日本總督府發佈文面禁絕令，但其實在此之前，日本人每控制了一個泰雅部落，就禁止族人文面。