Japanese tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with green eyes and a tongue out, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the outer thigh.
Black cat with cherry blossoms on a thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red sunburst, cherry blossoms and lotus on the thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh
Two people shown from behind with full body Japanese-style tattoos, the left in black and grey with a dragon and bird, the right in colour with a warrior figure and peonies.
Full body Japanese tattoos seen from behind
Woman in a striped top and blue underwear lifts her shirt, showing a black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo on her side and thigh and a rose tattoo on her hand.
Dragon on hip and thigh with rose on hand
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red lightning, a red and white mountain and light blue clouds on the leg.
Cat with lightning and mountain on a leg
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a tiger and pink lotus flower with blue waves on the outer thigh of a woman's leg.
Tiger and lotus on a thigh
Three views of a black and grey leg sleeve with a large peony at the thigh and dotwork mandala patterns running down the calf to the ankle and foot.
Black and grey peony and mandala leg sleeve
Black ink dragon tattoo in a Japanese style, coiling from the side of the abdomen across the hip and down onto the thigh.
Dragon tattoo wrapping hip and thigh
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of cats among peony and leaf linework across a thigh, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Cats and peonies on a thigh
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a detailed head and scaled body wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh.
Dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Black and grey Japanese style tiger tattoo with flowers and a skull across a person's thigh and hip.
Tiger, flowers and skull on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoos on both thighs, showing a horned ox in a red harness with yellow peonies on the left and a snarling white wolf with a chrysanthemum on the right.
Horned ox and snarling wolf on thighs
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
Black and grey lion head with lotus and blossom flowers tattooed on the outer thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Lion and lotus on a thigh
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix tattoo with scrolls and clouds running down a woman's leg from thigh to calf, photographed from behind.
Japanese style phoenix leg sleeve
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red and gold shide streamers and grey clouds, placed on the outer thigh.
Cat with shide streamers and clouds on a thigh
Full body Japanese style tattoo with dragons, chrysanthemums and clouds across the chest, arms and thighs of a man in white briefs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with dragons and chrysanthemums
Japanese style tattoo of a black and grey koi with a pink lotus, cherry blossoms and waves, on the side of the thigh.
Koi and lotus with waves on the thigh
Black and grey dragon with red flame swirls tattooed down the side of a torso and hip, in Japanese style.
Dragon with red flames on the side
Colour tattoo of stylised blue and teal waves with black outlines and a curled crest, on the thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Stylised blue waves on a thigh
Traditional Japanese style colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a green patterned collar and gold bell, surrounded by red flowers, on the thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with flowers on a thigh
Full body Japanese-style tattoo with green and orange dragons, koi and goldfish over black wave-patterned ground across the chest, arms and thighs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with dragons and koi
Cherry blossom branch with pink flowers, falling petals and a black and grey butterfly tattooed on the side of a thigh.
Cherry blossom branch and butterfly on thigh
Two-panel photo of a woman in a cherry-print outfit showing a Japanese style black and grey oni mask tattoo on her thigh, with further tattoo work on her upper arm.
Oni mask tattoo on a thigh
Full body Japanese style tattoo across a torso, arms and thighs, showing a scowling figure with a blade among red flames and a tiger on the arm.
Full body Japanese tattoo with a fierce figure
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
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
Three views of a large Japanese style rooster tattoo with long tail feathers and a teal peony on a thigh and leg.
Rooster and peony down a leg
Colourful Japanese-style peony and mountain tattoo on a thigh, with partial lettering, beside a tea box on a white rug.
Peony and mountain thigh tattoo
Japanese style tattoos on a pair of thighs, with a black linework dragon and flower on the left and a shaded black and grey tiger with maple leaves on the right.
Tiger and dragon tattoos on both thighs
Black and grey dolphin tattoo with splashing waves on the outer thigh, in a Japanese-inspired style.
Dolphin and waves on the thigh
Japanese style tattoo of a grey cat with green eyes holding a red daruma doll, on the outer thigh.
Cat holding a daruma doll on a thigh
Woman in a white mesh bikini showing a black Japanese-style dragon tattoo that wraps from her hip down onto her thigh.
Black dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh of a woman in white bikini bottoms.
Red and green dragon wrapping hip and thigh
Colour tattoo of a sailing ship, red sun, waves and an octopus across the side of a torso and upper thigh, in a Japanese and traditional style.
Sailing ship and octopus side piece
Full colour Japanese style tattoo of a horse in an ornate bridle, pink peonies and a blue bird, running down the side of a thigh.
Horse, peonies and bird down the side of a thigh
Japanese-style tattoo of a cat face with yellow eyes, black and grey markings and a red rope beneath it, on the outer thigh.
Cat mask with rope on thigh
Cherry blossom tattoo with pink flowers and grey branches running down the outer thigh and side of a leg, shown in colour.
Cherry blossom branch down a thigh
Full leg tattoo of a red, gold and black Japanese-style dragon running from the thigh down to the ankle.
Red and gold dragon tattoo down a leg
Pink cherry blossom tattoo with grey-brown branches running down a woman's leg from thigh to ankle, in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom leg tattoo from thigh to ankle
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat surrounded by pink cherry blossoms in a Japanese style, on the upper thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossoms
Japanese style dragon leg sleeve with red cherry blossoms running from the thigh down to the ankle, shown on a leg resting on a tattooist's paper.
Japanese dragon leg sleeve with cherry blossoms
Full-colour peacock tattoo with pink peonies and branches on the outer side of a thigh, shown against a black background.
Peacock and peony on the side of a thigh
Digital 3D render of a woman in black lace lingerie with a rose on one arm, a dark tattoo sleeve on the other, a koi fish on one thigh and a dreamcatcher on the other.
Woman in lingerie with tattoos on arms and thighs
Colourful Japanese style phoenix tattoo with peacock style feathers and red flowers running down the side of a torso and onto the thigh.
Phoenix and flowers down the side
Full body Japanese style tattoo with koi, dragon and lotus motifs across the arms, chest and legs of a seated person against a black background.
Japanese bodysuit with koi and dragon
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese-style phoenix and flower sleeve on her arm and a large tattoo across her thigh.
Japanese phoenix and flower sleeve with thigh tattoo
Back view of a full back Japanese style tattoo of dragons among red clouds and waves, with colour and grey shading, extending down onto the thighs.
Full back dragon tattoo