Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk

Lu Zhishen of the Water Margin, the Flowery Monk, named for the flowers tattooed across his back. A hero many irezumi fans know. Thigh or calf, 15 to 18 cm.

Katsushika Hokusai, An Illustrated New Edition of Suikoden (The Water Margin) (Shinpen suiko gaden), 1805-38. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013. Public domain.

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