Japanese tattooing (irezumi) has its foundations in Japanese woodblock printing. Nature, gods, heroes, mythical creatures, ghosts and various other themes are all used in this style.

Peony and clouds

Rooster head

Phoenix

leopard and cherry blossoms

Daruma peony

Snail filler

Dragon and lightning

Peony & chef's knife

FUDO FROG ON GOLDFISH

SHOKI ON THE LEG

CRAB FILLER

GOLDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM

TIGER SLEEVE IN PROGRESS

CLASSIC HANNYA

HOUJU ON THE HAND

ONI FILLER

SNAKE AND PEONIES

ONI CRAB

LUCKY HAMMER WITH MAPLE LEAVES

OCTOPUS

DRAGON AND SAKURA

LUCKY PEARL WITH FLAMES

FLAMING PEARL FILLER

KIKU AND WAVES

CRAB WITH SEAWEED

SMOKING TOAD WITH LUCKY PEARLS

LEATHERDADDY FROG

SAMURAI CAT

SNAKE AND LIGHTNING

SKULL AND FLAMES

LUCKY HAMMER

NAMAKUBI ON THE LEG

LOTUS AND WAVES

PEONY ON THE HAND

SPIDER WEB

SMALL PEONY

KIKU FILLER

NEKOMATA

YELLOW HANNYA MASK

SHARK DEMON HEAD

SHADED PEONY FILLER

DAIKIJIN

ONI MASK FILLER

FIGHTING FROG

PEONY FILLER

Karashishi and peonies

Dragon on the leg

Freehand crane and sun

Sword handle

Freehand peony on the sternum

Freehand Dragon Claw

Freehand Heikegani crab

Magnolia

warrior frog

Freehand shoulder peonies

Freehand Ghost Head

freehand rabbit and moon

Freehand red hannya mask

Freehand hannya

Freehand peony

freehand heikegani

Freehand Peony on the knee

Koi and cherry blossoms

Freehand Kite

Freehand Octopus

Knee Skull

Pearl Diver

Hannya mask

Shoulder Peony

japanese crab

Chrysanthemum II

Chrysanthemum I

Snake & Skull

Snake front

Heike crab

Koi and maple leaves

Cherry Blossom II

Smoking Toad II

Smoking Toad I

Crane and sun

Namakubi

Monkey Mask

Phoenix

Namakubi and maple leaves

Freehand Kirin

Healed tiger