Samurai in a straw cape

Akashi Ridayu in armour and a straw rain cape, from Kuniyoshi's heroes of the Taiheiki. Plenty of movement and texture for a thigh or calf at 15 to 18 cm.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Akashi Ridayu Hidemoto, ca. 1848. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Arnold Weinstein Gift, 2001. Public domain.

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