Fudo Myoo

Fudo Myoo, the fierce Buddhist guardian, with his sword and a halo of flame. A favourite subject for Japanese back pieces. Cropped here for a thigh or upper arm, 18 cm and up.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Fudō Myōō Threatening a Novice, 1885. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2005. Public domain.

Public domain. Any artist can tattoo it; ask them to draw it their way.