Japanese tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a red and orange phoenix with teal accents and pink cherry blossom branches across a bare back, Neo-trad style.
Phoenix and cherry blossom across a back
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a mythical bird with a dragon-like head and feathered wings, surrounded by clouds, covering a person's back.
Large mythical bird with clouds across a back
Colour realism tattoo of a white lotus with green lily pads and orange koi on a person's upper back, with a stone Buddha face blurred in the background.
White lotus and koi pond tattoo on the back
Full back Japanese style tattoo of samurai warriors, flames, clouds and birds, with blue waves across the lower back.
Japanese back piece with samurai and flames
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo coiling from the upper back down the side and onto the ribs of a bare torso.
Black and grey dragon coiling down back and side
Black and grey Japanese realism tattoo of Mount Fuji, a pagoda and cherry blossom trees across a shoulder and upper back.
Mount Fuji and pagoda shoulder piece
A black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger walking towards the viewer with bamboo leaves, covering a person's back.
Tiger and bamboo across a full back
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a green dragon and an orange tiger among pink cherry blossoms and clouds.
Dragon and tiger back piece with blossoms
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a geisha holding fans, cherry blossoms, butterflies and wind lines in colour across the back.
Full back Japanese piece with geisha and butterflies
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a geisha with a parasol on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Geisha with parasol on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a panda hanging from a bamboo branch with leaves trailing down, in a brush-style Japanese design on the upper back.
Panda and bamboo on the upper back
Black and grey Japanese style back tattoo of a geisha with chrysanthemums and wave patterns, covering most of the upper back.
Geisha and waves across a back
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a man's back, with swirling clouds and scaled body detail.
Dragon back piece in black and grey
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red koi fish with a pink lotus flower and turquoise waves on the upper back.
Koi fish and lotus on the upper back
Full back tattoo of a black and grey Japanese dragon with red flames and swirling clouds, covering the upper and mid back.
Japanese dragon back piece with red flames
Japanese style back tattoo of a hannya mask with pink cherry blossoms and swirling clouds, with tattooed sleeves visible on both arms.
Hannya mask and cherry blossoms across a back
Black and grey Japanese style floral back tattoo on a woman seated on sand, photographed from behind.
Floral back tattoo on a woman on the beach
Person seen from behind with a full blackwork tattoo covering the back, buttocks and legs, featuring a lattice spine panel, swirling motifs and hexagon patterns.
Full back and legs blackwork tattoo
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a grey koi, a bird and pink cherry blossom branches among swirling clouds, placed across the upper and middle back.
Japanese back piece with koi and cherry blossom
Full back tattoo of a red koi fish swimming among pink cherry blossoms and water swirls in Japanese style, across the upper and middle back.
Koi fish and cherry blossom on a back
Back tattoo of a gnarled tree with teal cherry blossoms and shaded grey roots, in Botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Blossoming tree across a back
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemums and a serpent tattooed across the back and legs of a woman lying face down on a treatment bed.
Chrysanthemums and serpent across legs and back
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a coin with script lettering, in a Japanese style, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper back
Black and grey back tattoo in a Japanese style, with a central lotus flower, a moth, a serpent and swirling clouds across the full back.
Full back piece with lotus and moth
Full back tattoo in bright colour showing a large white cat with a blue and red rose, surrounded by flowers and skulls, in a Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Full back Japanese style tattoo of a woman in a patterned robe among chrysanthemums and flames, in black and grey ink, across the upper and mid back.
Japanese back piece with woman and flames
A full arm sleeve in Japanese style, with black ground, grey wind-swept clouds, red cherry blossoms and a pink geometric cube pattern across the upper arm, shown from several angles.
Japanese cloud and blossom arm sleeve
Back of a woman showing a colourful Japanese style back piece of cherry blossom and flowers, with a green snake sleeve on the arm and a woman portrait tattoo on the upper arm.
Japanese back piece with cherry blossom and arm sleeve
Woman seen from behind with a large Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and gold tones across her back, with a tribal armband on her upper arm.
Dragon tattoo across a woman's back
Large grey phoenix tattoo with long flowing tail feathers across a woman's back, with a small star and a small character tattoo nearby.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's back
Four-panel collage of tattoos: a cat with a skull and lotus in traditional colour, a cat with a red daruma doll in traditional colour, a black and grey Japanese lion on a back, and a black and grey
Four cat and Japanese motif tattoos
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of an orange koi carp, purple lotus flowers and grey waves across a person's back.
Koi and lotus on a back
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese style koi and wave tattoo covering her back and left arm, against a dark red studio backdrop.
Full back Japanese koi and wave tattoo
Black ink tattoo of two stylised koi fish with scrolling ornamental linework on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised koi pair on upper back
Back of a woman with a black linework Japanese-style lotus and wave design across her lower back, and a peony and flower sleeve on her arm, photographed in a dim studio.
Lotus back piece and flower arm sleeve
Large Japanese-style back tattoo of a geisha with pink flowers in her hair, a red and green serpent, waves and chrysanthemums, shown across a person's upper back.
Geisha and serpent back piece
Back and arm tattoo in Japanese style showing a fierce warrior with a sword, a koi on the upper arm and peonies, in colour against a black background.
Japanese back and arm sleeve tattoo
Full back tattoo of an orange and black tiger battling a red and cream snake among clouds, in Japanese style, with further tattoos on both arms.
Tiger and snake full back piece
Back view of a woman wearing a white cap, with a black linework cherry blossom branch tattoo with red blossoms across her upper back and shoulder.
Blossom branch across upper back
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo running down a person's back from the shoulder to the waist.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black and grey Japanese full back tattoo of a lion dog, tiger, clouds and lotus flowers, with a cicada on the upper arm.
Full back Japanese lion dog and tiger piece
Back of a person with a red cherry blossom branch tattoo in Japanese style, running from the lower back up towards the shoulder.
Cherry blossom branch across a back
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a bird with a red throat, plus two small characters, on a person's upper back.
Cherry blossom branch and bird across upper back
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather pattern and an orange and red chrysanthemum across a person's lower back, above cream bikini bottoms.
Peacock and chrysanthemum on the back
Black and grey Japanese style back tattoo with curling waves, a scaled creature and lotus flowers, extending down the left arm in a sleeve.
Back and arm sleeve with waves and dragon
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemum tattoo spreading across a person's upper back and over the shoulder.
Chrysanthemums across a back and shoulder
Black and grey Japanese style bird with detailed feathers and a talon, tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Japanese bird and cloud design on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom tree with pink flowers and brown shaded branches across the upper back and shoulder blade, in a Japanese style.
Cherry blossom tree across upper back