![]() Tattoos on hands and neck aren’t really traditional Japanese tattoo but are becoming more common, although I do not do them unless at least a short suit is completed. Personal symbols can be added on the frontal mid-section of your side panels. It’s also possible to get long life symbols on your feet. As a finalization it is custom to get a ‘ Shunga” or small erotic, humoristic design in the armpits or between the thighs. 3/4 or half sleeves fit best with a short suit.ĭid you go for full sleeves? Then it makes more sense to go for a full suit, which entails being tattooed from ankle to neck to wrist on both sides with a ‘river’ of open space down the front (munewari soushinboro) or a solid front with no empty space (donburi soushinbori). Adding this to your backpiece you are now the proud owner of short suit. 2 sleeves? Superb! And this still looks great! Are you continuing for the suit, then after a backpiece and sleeves the side panels till about 3-5 cm above the knee get covered. The good thing: it’s an open story and you decide. And when that is finished you can still decide if you would like to continue. One sleeve is also very cool if that’s all you want now. It is always best to get your backpiece first to set the mood and tone of your body suit. Although this sequence is interchangeable which means you can start arm/chest then the other arm/chest followed with a backpiece. Subject matter on the front correspond with the story of the backpiece. The elements and the background of the arms are consistent with those on the back. Another example could be a koi swimming up on the right, a koi swimming down on the left. An example is a dragon with an open mouth on the right, a dragon mouth closed on the left. Themes from left and right are sub-divided into feminine themes on the left and male themes on the right. A ½ sleeve on a woman may look too strong for some women and a full sleeve may be too much unless there is other serious body work present to accentuate the full sleeves. Everyone will have their own opinion and work requirements may dictate otherwise but I believe and traditional Japanese tattoo would favour that for females it should always be a 3/4 sleeve, this gives it a distinguished feminine look, not too hard and not too serious. A strong chest plate really makes a sleeve look great! For a woman just a little more shoulder in the front going to the chest but not all the way on to the chest muscle, this creates a nice feminine look while staying true to tradition and finishing off the sleeve properly.Īrms can be full sleeve (nagasode), 3/4 (shichibu) or half-sleeve (gobu) for men and be within tradition and also create a strong powerful Japanese Tattoo look. For males the chest plate or ‘hikae’ covers most of the pectoral area, 2-4 centimetres from the middle of the chest to 2cm above the nipple and following along the collarbone up top. However a woman may certainly elect to have a background added from the beginning if she desires the strong look of a determined female. For a woman, and this is generally speaking, we don’t always use the background right away so as to make it more feminine in the beginning (gakubori), once sleeves are added or more body work is desired, then a background can be added to tie it altogether. For example you start with the backpiece, generally speaking for a man you would create a backpiece with a background (nukibori), which makes it more powerful and pronounced. ![]() It is important to note that there are different ways to tattoo a man or a women. You can start and interrupt a Japanese bodysuit in several ways. Potentially you can add secondary elements to this to specify seasons or atmosphere, like cherry blossoms, peony, chrysanthemum or maple leaves, which then become a recurring element throughout the bodysuit. The subject matter is enhanced by a background consisting of the traditional elements such as spiral clouds, clouds, rocks, water, fire, waves and wind bars. The rest of the tattoos support the story you want to tell with the backpiece. ![]() This is the biggest area of the body that can be tattooed and viewed at one glimpse. The central part of a Japanese bodysuit is the backpiece with full background or (nukibori/kame-no-koh) which occupies the whole backside from neck till about 20-30 centimetres below the crease of the buttocks.
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