Japanese tattoo ideas

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Colour Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish, lotus flowers and a red maple leaf wrapping around an upper arm and shoulder.
Koi fish and lotus flowers on an upper arm
Realistic grey and red tattoo of a skull wearing a horned samurai helmet and mask, set against a red rising sun, on the upper arm.
Samurai skull with rising sun on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a teal maneki-neko lucky cat holding a coin, with pink cherry blossoms, in a Japanese-influenced style on skin.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom
Black line drawing of two chrysanthemum blooms and leaves in a Japanese-style tattoo design, shown on plain paper with no body placement visible.
Chrysanthemum line drawing with leaves
Black and grey shaded Japanese-style dragon tattoo with scaled body and clawed feet, coiling down a calf.
Eastern dragon coiled down a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a large pink peony with green leaves on the shoulder, in a Japanese-influenced style, with a second close view of the same design beside it.
Pink peony with green leaves on a shoulder
Full sleeve tattoo of a grey Japanese dragon with red flames on a man's arm, shown from shoulder to wrist in two views.
Japanese dragon full sleeve with red flames
Painted Japanese style tiger flash design with orange fur, black stripes and a striped tail curling upward, shown head down on a cream background.
Orange tiger in a descending pose
Colour Japanese-style tattoo on a side thigh and hip, with a pink crystal, black scrollwork vines, and demon masks and creatures below.
Japanese thigh piece with crystal and masks
Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with blue waves, peony-like flowers, clouds and a white moon, photographed against a grey background.
Japanese wave and flower arm sleeve
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style sleeve design showing a samurai mask, koi, dragon, peony and waves, with no body part visible.
Japanese sleeve design with samurai, koi and dragon
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a teal dragon above an orange and black tiger on rocks, with clouds and wind bars.
Dragon and tiger full back piece
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon design surrounded by swirling clouds and cherry blossoms, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet.
Japanese dragon with clouds and blossom
Japanese style forearm tattoo showing a koi fish, a pink lotus, Tokyo Tower and Mount Fuji beneath a red rising sun with blue waves.
Koi, lotus and Tokyo Tower on a forearm
Colour Japanese style tiger tattoo with clouds and waves covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Tiger and waves on an upper arm sleeve
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red sun, cherry blossom, lotus flowers and sushi across the upper arm.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with blossom on upper arm
Full sleeve Japanese style tattoo on an arm, with pink flowers, grey clouds, blue waves and a purple lotus in colour.
Japanese full sleeve with flowers and waves
Soft, painterly red and pink cherry blossom branch tattoo with grey stems across the upper back, seen from behind.
Cherry blossom branch across a back
Full arm sleeve in a Japanese-influenced brushstroke style, with a black enso-style circle and red ring on the upper arm and black strokes running down the forearm.
Brushstroke circle sleeve on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red dragon with yellow whiskers, teal cloud shapes and black claws on a lower leg.
Red Japanese dragon on a calf
Vertical black brush calligraphy of stacked Japanese-style characters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Vertical brush calligraphy design
Blue Japanese-style wave sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with white foam crests and shaded blue water.
Blue waves sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Digital drawing of a green fanged creature with claws, framed by orange and red flame scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design.
Green fanged creature with flame scrolls