Swallows and wisteria

Swallows dipping under hanging wisteria, from Hiroshige's bird-and-flower prints. Wisteria trails down a body well, so try a forearm, the ribs or a calf at 12 to 18 cm.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Swallow and Wisteria, mid-1840s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918. Public domain.

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