Japanese tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing of a koi fish with flowing fins and curling waves, shown as a Japanese style tattoo design on a white background.
Koi fish with swirling water design
Japanese style flash drawing of a grey cat with a scowling face and one blue eye, wearing a red hood with gold floral patterns, set against blue clouds on a pale background.
Cat in a red hood with clouds
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a neo-traditional maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw, a fan and a bell collar, surrounded by leaves and flowers.
Maneki-neko lucky cat design with flowers
Three-panel drawing of a black ink design of a cat curled up with a tiger's head, shown being brushed in progressively in a Japanese-influenced style.
Sleeping cat and tiger design in ink
Flash sheet of five designs showing a black stylised glyph decorated with pink cherry blossom, some with green leaves and branches, drawn in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom on a stylised glyph flash sheet
Black line drawing of a Japanese foo dog surrounded by swirling clouds and flowing mane, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Japanese foo dog with swirling clouds
Painted flash design of a white spirit wolf with red flowing lines, black leaves and swirls on kraft paper, in a Japanese-inspired style.
White spirit wolf with red wind lines
Black ink line drawing of a geisha with a flower hair ornament leaning in to kiss a figure with short hair, in a Japanese-influenced style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geisha and figure embrace flash design
Realistic tattoo design of a geisha holding a katana, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and butterflies, with grey shading in a Japanese theme.
Geisha with katana and cherry blossoms
Black line drawing of a fluffy kitten with a bow and a ball of yarn, framed by swirling cloud motifs, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Kitten with a ball of yarn and bow
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style koi fish swimming among lotus flowers and swirling waves, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Koi fish with lotus flowers and waves
Black linework flash drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling among peony, cherry blossom, wave and cloud motifs, with no body placement shown.
Japanese dragon with peonies and cherry blossoms
Pencil sketch of a koi fish swimming upward past two open blossoms and a bud on a thin branch, a Japanese and botanical tattoo design.
Koi fish with blossoms sketch
Japanese style flash drawing of a black and grey snake coiled around two blue peonies, with a small skull in grass at lower left.
Snake and peony flash design
Pencil sketch of a smiling shiba inu wearing a conical straw hat, with a sword, a moon, drifting petals and grass, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo.
Smiling shiba samurai in a straw hat
Black and grey Japanese style flash drawing of a hannya demon mask with lotus flowers and swirling wave motifs.
Hannya mask with lotus and waves
Black flash design of the Japanese kanji for strength above the word STRENGTH in blackletter lettering, on a white background.
Kanji for strength with blackletter lettering
Pencil drawing of a coiling Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and flowing whiskers, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey.
Coiling dragon design in pencil
Black and grey pencil drawing of a coiling Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like flames, shown as a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon design in graphite
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Full-colour Japanese style dragon design with grey scales, red flame-like swirls and yellow claws, grasping a black and white pearl, shown on a white background.
Japanese dragon with flaming pearl design
Full-colour Japanese style koi fish design drawn in red and orange with white wave lines and a black and grey swirl behind it, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Koi fish with swirling waves design
Flash sheet of six line drawn flower designs, including a cherry blossom and several circular rosette motifs, shown on a white background.
Cherry blossom and rosette flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style foo dog with a flowing mane and tail, standing among swirling clouds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design sketch.
Japanese foo dog with swirling clouds
Colour flash design of a monkey king in gold and green armour holding a staff, with red dragons, leaves and waves, in Japanese style.
Monkey king with red dragons and golden staff
Black and grey drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling through clouds above a swirling wave, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Japanese dragon with clouds and swirling wave
Flash design of a geisha with a red peony in her hair above a skull wearing a samurai helmet, in a Japanese style with grey shading and red accents.
Geisha and skull in samurai helmet
Black line drawing of two stacked spider chrysanthemums with curled, spiky petals, in a Japanese-style tattoo flash design.
Two chrysanthemums in line drawing
Black and grey ink drawing of a samurai with a topknot holding a katana over one shoulder, surrounded by ink splatters, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Samurai with katana ink splash design
Coloured drawing of a koi and a yellow goldfish among yellow and red flowers, with a black-and-white stencil version of the design in the top left corner.
Koi and goldfish design with stencil inset
Japanese style flash design of a cat wearing samurai armour and a red helmet, surrounded by pink leaves and black accents, with no body placement shown.
Samurai cat in armour design
Japanese style design drawing of a Guanyin figure with praying hands, a red lotus and swirling waves, shaded in black, grey and red.
Guanyin with lotus and waves design
Black and grey phoenix design with red cherry blossom flowers and petals, drawn in a Japanese style with no body placement shown.
Phoenix with cherry blossoms design
Painted Japanese-style design of a tabby cat with a white dragon wrapped around its body and red flames along its tail, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tabby cat and dragon design
Black and grey Japanese style dragon design with clouds, scales and claws, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Black and grey dragon with clouds
Sheet of thirteen black silhouette dragon designs in Japanese-influenced style, shown as flash on a white background.
Collection of black dragon designs
Line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon, lion-like mask and lotus flowers over waves and clouds, with pink wash shading, as a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon and lotus flash design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha holding a katana with a snake coiled around it, surrounded by cherry blossoms, flames and a skull, in a Japanese style design.
Geisha with katana and snake flash
Black ink tomoe design of three curved swirls inside a circle, drawn on textured tan paper with no body part visible.
Tomoe swirl in a circle on tan paper
Japanese style flash design of three yellow chrysanthemums with green leaves set against black and grey clouds, with no body placement shown.
Yellow chrysanthemums on clouds
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling above chrysanthemum flowers, with wind lines, designed as a tattoo piece.
Japanese dragon with chrysanthemums
Black and grey line drawing of a kokeshi style doll with a cat face, surrounded by cherry blossoms and petals, in a Japanese style tattoo design with dotwork shading.
Kokeshi doll with cherry blossoms
Black line drawing of two koi fish swimming in a circle among sakura blossoms and water ripples, a Japanese-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two koi fish with sakura flowers
Drawn koi fish tattoo design in a Japanese style, with black scales, orange-gold fins and a red gill, beside the headline The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with headline
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo design of a koi fish swimming among stylised waves, lotus flowers and maple leaves.
Koi fish with lotus flowers and waves
Pencil drawing of a feathered phoenix-dragon hybrid wrapped around swirling cloud scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design style.
Phoenix and dragon with cloud scrolls
Green pencil sketch of a geisha with cherry blossom branches, a large moon, hair pins and a kimono patterned with clouds, with waves at the sides, as a Japanese style flash design.
Geisha with cherry blossom and waves sketch
Japanese style flash design of a grey hannya demon mask and a red and white kabuki mask, framed by cherry blossoms and clouds.
Hannya and kabuki masks with cherry blossom