Japanese tattoo ideas

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Colour Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a blue koi fish, pink cherry blossoms and a red chrysanthemum among grey clouds.
Koi and blossom full sleeve on an arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm showing an orange creature with whiskers, pink swirling clouds, a green element and a pink peony-like flower.
Japanese style colour tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a geisha in a blue floral kimono, eating from a bowl with chopsticks while her body is opened to reveal bloody organs.
Geisha with chopsticks and exposed organs on upper arm
Black and grey pencil sketch of a tiger stalking downward with its tail curling above it, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain pale background.
Pencil sketch of a tiger with curling tail
Two-panel pencil drawing of a geisha holding a fan, surrounded by frangipani and hibiscus flowers, shown as an outline and as a shaded design for a tattoo.
Geisha with fan and frangipani flowers design
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo with blue water splashes on the top of a foot.
Koi fish with water splash on a foot
Colour tattoo on a calf showing koi, a dragonfly, lily pads, white lilies and a striped lizard in a pond scene with soft shading.
Koi pond and dragonfly on a calf
Black and white line drawing of a snarling tiger climbing with a curled tail, in a bold Japanese-style design.
Snarling tiger design in a climbing pose
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a bird, swirling clouds and pink lotus flowers across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Bird and flower full arm sleeve
Digital drawing of a red, black and white koi fish with detailed scales and flowing fins on a white background, in a Japanese style.
Koi fish design in red, black and white
A gloved tattooist works on a black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of clouds and flowing lines on a person's skin.
Japanese-style cloud tattoo being inked
Colour tattoo of a large-eyed cartoon geisha doll with black hair, red kimono and red bow in a Japanese-inspired style on a calf.
Cartoon geisha doll on a lower leg
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo across a man's shoulder and chest, with further tattoos on his upper arm, forearm and ribs.
Dragon shoulder and chest piece on a muscular torso
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a cat-faced geisha with hair sticks, a yellow flower and a red and purple patterned kimono, on the calf.
Cat-faced geisha on a calf
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a fox seen from behind, with orange swirl patterns and black outlines, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Orange fox with swirling linework on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black panther with yellow accents and flower details, running along the inner forearm.
Black panther with yellow flowers on a forearm
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling upward beside a flaming pearl, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dragon and flaming pearl line drawing
Back of a shirtless man with arms outstretched, showing a black and grey Japanese style koi and lotus back tattoo with arm tattoos on the upper arms.
Koi and lotus back piece
Flash design of a cherry blossom branch with red shaded flowers and black ink twigs, in a Japanese-inspired style, on a plain white background.
Cherry blossom branch design
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a helmeted samurai warrior with armour and smoke, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai warrior on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves running up the side of the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch on a side ribcage
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a brown spotted lion dog with green swirling clouds, wrapped across the outer thigh.
Japanese lion dog on the thigh
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon surrounded by cherry blossoms, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Dragon and cherry blossom design sketch
Large red and grey phoenix tattoo with cherry blossom branches and falling petals, in a Japanese-inspired style, across the back.
Red phoenix and cherry blossom across a back
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a guardian lion with open jaws, a small demon on a pedestal and waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese guardian lion on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and wave details on the side of a person's torso, above the waistband of their jeans.
Green dragon tattoo on the side of the torso
Two maneki-neko lucky cat tattoos on a seated person's thighs in grey shading, beside a colour neo-traditional cartoon black cat tattoo on the top of a foot.
Maneki-neko thigh tattoos and cartoon cat on foot
Tall black and white design drawing for a full sleeve, showing cats, bats, waves and a geisha-style figure in a Japanese-influenced style.
Black ink sleeve design with cats, bats and geisha
Black and grey brush-stroke dragon with red accents running up a forearm, in a loose ink wash style.
Brush-stroke dragon on a forearm
Colour Japanese style tattoo on a forearm of a black and white cat with a sword wrapped in red and orange flames.
Black cat and sword in red flames
Red phoenix rising beside cherry blossom branches and drifting petals, in a colour tattoo across the side and back of a torso.
Red phoenix and cherry blossom on a torso
Colour tattoo of a smiling maneki-neko lucky cat with a red collar and gold bell on the chest, in a Japanese style with soft watercolour-like shading.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on chest
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a white lucky cat with red ears and pink plum blossoms, with a gold coin, on the outer thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh
Japanese style tattoo of a red cherry blossom branch with black and grey shaded limbs, running down the side of the torso.
Red cherry blossom branch down the side
Back view of a man with a large colour Japanese style tattoo of an armoured warrior in green and red across his back, with clouds and flames on both thighs.
Full back armoured warrior tattoo with thigh pieces
Japanese style tattoo of a white tiger prowling among red flowers and dark waves across the upper arm and shoulder.
White tiger with red flowers and waves on upper arm
Red line drawing flash design of a seated bodhisattva figure within a halo, surrounded by rays, clouds and lotus flowers, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Seated bodhisattva with halo and lotus
Full arm sleeve in Japanese style with cream peonies, red and green flowers and dark wave patterns, shown on the upper arm and forearm.
Japanese peony arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of a pink origami crane with a black and orange lotus on the inner forearm, with traditional-style tattoos visible above it.
Pink origami crane and lotus on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a dragon-headed carp among waves, covering a thigh.
Black and grey carp and waves on a thigh
Colour Japanese-style arm sleeve showing a grey Totoro-like character, pink plum blossoms and orange chrysanthemums across the upper arm and forearm.
Totoro and chrysanthemums on a full arm sleeve
Mixed colour tattoo of a pair of black scissors and a red and black patterned kimono figure with a black spiral eye above, on a calf.
Scissors and kimono figure on a calf
Japanese style upper arm tattoo of a shaded grey Buddha face with a pagoda, waves and a pink lotus flower.
Buddha face and lotus sleeve on upper arm
Black line drawing of a horned Hannya mask with prayer beads, smoke swirls and a coiled dragon, a Japanese style tattoo flash design.
Hannya mask with horns and prayer beads
Black and grey Japanese dragon tattoo with clouds and kanji covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese dragon on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink and orange dragon with horns and whiskers coiling down the upper thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Pink dragon coiled around a thigh
Colour Japanese-style wave tattoo in shades of blue with white foam on the inner forearm.
Blue wave on a forearm
Cherry blossom branch tattoo with pink petals, yellow centres and black branches running across the side of the ribs.
Cherry blossom branch tattoo on the side ribs