Japanese tattoo ideas

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Japanese-style Great Wave tattoo in teal and grey ink with a small Mount Fuji, placed on a person's upper back between the shoulder blade and shoulder.
Great Wave tattoo on upper back
Full-colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red and white koi fish swimming among peonies and waves across a person's back.
Koi fish and peonies across a back
Colourful Japanese style koi fish back tattoo across the upper and mid back of a woman seen from behind, with bookshelves in the background.
Koi fish back piece
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a multi-tiered bathhouse with a red arched bridge and pine tree on the upper arm.
Japanese bathhouse on upper arm
Full back tattoo of red poppies, pink flowers, black lace and a dragon head in mixed botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Poppy, lace and dragon back piece
Close view of a woman's hands with a small black semicolon on the inner wrist and a small semicolon on the inner forearm, beside a colourful Japanese style sleeve on her other arm.
Small semicolons and a colour forearm sleeve
Colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw and gold coin, in a traditional style, on the calf.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on a calf
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossom branches and a purple butterfly on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Cherry blossom and butterfly on the ribs
Black and grey chest tattoo of a lighthouse with rays, a rose and Japanese-style waves on the upper chest, with a tattooed arm visible at the left.
Lighthouse and rose chest piece
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a red koi carp, purple lotus flowers, cherry blossoms and clouds, shown from three angles.
Koi and lotus full sleeve
Black and grey Japanese style floral sleeve tattoo on a forearm, with a butterfly, peonies and cloud shapes.
Black and grey floral sleeve on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork koi fish tattoo in teal, grey and pink across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Two koi fish on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a skull above a purple lotus, framed by wave-like swirls, in a Japanese-influenced style on a lower leg.
Skull and lotus on a calf
Five Japanese-style full back tattoo designs drawn on paper sheets, showing dragons, an oni mask, a warrior with a sword, a woman and waves in colour.
Japanese back piece designs on painted sheets
Greyscale pencil drawing of two koi fish swimming through stylised waves, a Japanese style tattoo design on paper.
Two koi fish among waves design
Colour tattoo of a white masked spirit character with black features, surrounded by red peonies and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Masked spirit character with red peonies
Colourful Japanese-style koi fish tattoo with pink cherry blossoms on the forearm, in watercolour-like pink, yellow and blue.
Koi fish and cherry blossom on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a snarling tiger with bamboo leaves and clouds in a Japanese style on a forearm.
Snarling tiger with bamboo on forearm
Japanese style tattoo of a stretched black cat with orange chrysanthemum patterning and green leaves on a lower leg.
Stretching black cat with chrysanthemum
Large black and grey eagle with red flame accents tattooed across a person's upper and mid back, in a Japanese style.
Eagle with red flames across the back
Colourful Japanese style tattoo of a green shishi lion with a grey curled mane and orange swirling background, on the outer forearm.
Green shishi lion on a forearm
Seated person with an orange peony tattoo on the calf, a blue rose on the thigh and a neo-traditional style sleeve on the forearm.
Orange peony and blue rose on legs
Back of a woman's neck and shoulders showing a colourful sugar skull moth tattoo on the neck and a large black and grey Japanese back piece with a pagoda, moon and geisha.
Sugar skull moth on neck with Japanese back piece
Black outline Japanese-style peony and chrysanthemum sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in an unshaded linework design.
Outline floral sleeve on upper arm
Full back Japanese-style tattoo in bright colour showing a woman in a kimono, a tiger, butterflies, a leopard, koi fish and cherry blossom across the back.
Full back Japanese tattoo with tiger and koi
Colour tattoo of a black and white cat stretching over a blue skeletal cat on the calf, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style.
Black and white cat with skeletal cat on a calf
Colourful Japanese-style koi fish design in orange and gold on a deep blue background, framed by teal wave and cloud swirls.
Koi fish with swirling waves
Japanese-style dragon tattoo in pale blue linework on a lower leg above the ankle, against a black background with blue lighting.
Dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling tiger with green foliage and a grey circular ornament on the inner forearm.
Snarling tiger on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style snake wrapping around two peony flowers with leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Snake and peonies on a thigh
Japanese style samurai in horned helmet and armour tattooed on an upper arm, shaded mostly in grey with some red accents.
Samurai in armour on upper arm
Pencil and ink line drawing of a chrysanthemum in a Japanese style, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Chrysanthemum line drawing design
Full back tattoo of geisha portraits and pink cherry blossom branches in a Japanese style, shaded in grey across the back.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece
Colour neo-traditional oni demon mask tattoo with bared fangs and orange eyes across the back of a hand.
Oni mask on the back of a hand
Seated man shown from the neck down, covered in a full Japanese style tattoo with a dragon and phoenix on the arms and a deity figure across the chest and abdomen.
Full body Japanese tattoo with dragon and phoenix
Colour tattoo of a white and teal eastern dragon among red clouds and small black soot sprites on a person's side ribs, in Japanese style.
Eastern dragon with red clouds on ribs
Black outline drawing of a koi fish curling upward, with scale detail on the body and fins, in a Japanese-influenced flash style with no body placement shown.
Koi fish line drawing
Japanese style back tattoo of a gnarled grey tree with pink cherry blossoms falling past it, above blue-green waves at the lower back.
Blossoming tree and waves across a back
Black and grey Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of peonies, waves and clouds across a man's upper arm and forearm.
Japanese peony and wave full sleeve
Japanese style koi fish with red and black scales swimming among waves and clouds, tattooed on an upper arm and shoulder.
Koi fish and waves on an upper arm
Colour and black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a large bird with red flames and maple leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Japanese bird and maple leaves on upper arm
Full colour Japanese sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing foo dogs, peonies and waves against a plain wall.
Japanese lion and peony full arm sleeve
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo in red, orange and yellow with grey swirling water across the side of the ribs.
Koi fish tattoo on the side ribs
Sepia drawing of a geisha with hair sticks and closed eyes, with a dragon and wave design and a patterned sleeve, in a Japanese style.
Geisha and dragon tattoo design
Heavily tattooed forearms crossed over a white t-shirt, with a Japanese-style koi fish and red flowers on one forearm and a traditional skull and crossbones on the upper arm.
Koi fish and skull tattoos on crossed arms
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty wearing a pink floral kimono and hair ornament, in a Japanese style, on the outer thigh.
Hello Kitty in a floral kimono on thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm showing a tiger and a black and white cat among pink azalea flowers.
Tiger, cat and azaleas on an upper arm
Full sleeve Japanese-style tattoo in colour showing cranes flying through clouds, a purple mountain, pine trees and turquoise waves, on an arm.
Japanese landscape full sleeve with cranes and waves