Shi Jin, the Nine Dragons

Shi Jin of the Water Margin, called Nine Dragons for the dragons tattooed on his body, here played by a kabuki actor. Upper arm or thigh, 15 cm and up.

Shunbaisai Hokuei, Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichijōsei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden, ca. 1835. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011. Public domain.

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