TATTOO DESIGNS

  Tattoo designs of Samurai.
  Traditional paintings you can use to design your own logo or tattoo.

Japanese Tattoo Designs

 Until the Edo period (1600-1868CE) the role of tattoos in Japanese society fluctuated. Tattooed marks were still used as punishment, but minor fads for decorative tattoos -- some featuring designs that would be completed only when lovers' hands were joined -- also came and went. It was in the Edo period, however, that Japanese decorative tattooing began to develop into the advanced art form it is known as today.

 The impetus for the development of the art were the development of the art of woodblock printing and the release of the popular Chinese novel Suikoden, a tale of rebel courage and manly bravery illustrated with lavish woodblock prints showing men in heroic scenes, their bodies decorated with dragons and other mythical beasts, flowers, ferocious tigers and religious images. The novel was an immediate success, and demand for the type of tattoos seen in its illustrations was simultaneous.

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"Mon Tattoo Designs" are based on Japanese Family Crests.

"KANJI Symbols" are written by Japanese SHODO(Calligraphy) artist Hironori SASAKI.
 His works are specialized in Tattoo Designs. All KANJI symbols are good for tattoo.

"UKIYOE"(Ukiyo-e) is a technique of painting which bloomed during the Edo period.
 Our selections of Ukiyoe are best for Tattoo Designs.

"HANA-FUDA [Flower Card]" is popular card game in JAPAN.(especially for gamblers)
 These cards are very beautiful. We think Hanafuda is very good for tattoo designs.

• Mon / Kamon Tattoo Designs (Family Crest, 家紋)
• Hanafuda Tattoo Designs (Flower Card, 花札)
• Kabuto Tattoo Designs (兜)
• Oni Tattoo Designs (鬼)
• Phoenix Tattoo Designs (鳳凰)
• Samurai Tattoo Designs (侍)
• Tomoe Tattoo Designs (巴)
• Ukiyo-e Tattoo Designs (Ukiyoe, 浮世絵)
• KANJI Tattoo Designs (Calligraphy)
  You can request your own KANJI symbol from order form "Word or Name Translation"

NOTICE: about shipping Tattoo Designs