Sword tattoo ideas

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Back tattoo of a seated samurai holding two swords within a black ink ensō circle and a red brushstroke, in a watercolour-style trash polka style across the upper back.
Seated samurai with enso circle on a back
Black and grey Japanese style full back tattoo of a helmeted warrior, swirling clouds and a tiger, with a peony on the upper arm.
Full back warrior and tiger piece
Black and white photograph of a woman kneeling with her back to the camera, showing a Japanese-style dragon and cloud tattoo across her back and upper arm while she raises a katana overhead.
Japanese back tattoo with raised katana
Flash design of a scowling blue daruma-style mask with crossed swords behind it and the script lettering Read Between The Lines above, with no placement on the body shown.
Angry blue daruma mask with crossed swords
Coloured Japanese-style design of a samurai warrior in armour holding a drawn sword, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts, clouds and black waves.
Samurai warrior with lightning and waves
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
Realistic tattoo design of a geisha holding a katana, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and butterflies, with grey shading in a Japanese theme.
Geisha with katana and cherry blossoms
Colour tattoo of a white cat with black markings curled on a crescent, beneath a katana, with teal flames and pink petals, on the forearm.
White cat with katana on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a smiling shiba inu wearing a conical straw hat, with a sword, a moon, drifting petals and grass, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo.
Smiling shiba samurai in a straw hat
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
Black and grey ink drawing of a samurai with a topknot holding a katana over one shoulder, surrounded by ink splatters, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Samurai with katana ink splash design
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a seated woman with long hair holding a katana, with red lips and a red sword tassel, on the upper thigh.
Woman with katana in Japanese style
Two arms show black and grey full sleeve tattoos with a samurai warrior and skull on the left arm and ravens, swords and a skull on the right, both covering the upper arm and forearm.
Samurai and skull full sleeves
Two views of a Japanese-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing grey ninja figures, red ink splashes, kanji characters and a pagoda.
Ninja and pagoda shoulder piece with kanji
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a katana over blue waves and orange sun shapes on the calf, shown in three views.
Katana and waves on a calf
Full body Japanese style tattoo covering a man's arms, chest, back and legs, with a dragon, cherry blossoms, clouds and waves in bright colour on grey shading.
Full body Japanese bodysuit tattoo
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a cat holding a sword, set within red and black flames across the top of a foot.
Cat with sword and flames on a foot
Red and graphite sketch of a geisha holding a sword, with a dragon tattoo design drawn across her shoulder and chest in Japanese style.
Geisha with dragon shoulder tattoo sketch
Japanese-style flash drawing of a black and white cat holding a sword, with a woman's head and pink flowers on its body, set beneath a gold halo.
Cat with sword and woman's head design
Black ink pen drawing of a fox-masked figure surrounded by peonies, a woman's face and an oni face, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo sketch with no body part shown.
Fox mask figure with peonies and oni face sketch
Full Japanese-style sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a figure in a teal robe with a sword beside cherry blossoms, waves and red roses on the upper arm and forearm.
Japanese sleeve with figure, waves and roses
Black and grey Japanese style dragon coiled around a sword with red accents, tattooed on the forearm.
Dragon and sword on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a Japanese katana with a black and grey patterned handle, gold guard and red scabbard wrap, surrounded by swirling clouds, on the forearm.
Katana tattoo with clouds on a forearm
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
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
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