I Love japanese tattoos

These are from the Tattoo Museum in yokohama

http://horiyoshi3tattoo.com/horiyoshi-iii-tattoo-museum/ Check out the link. Horiyoshi 111's were  the first tattoos I came across that made me obsessed with japanese tattooing. I got Tebori http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irezumi from Horiyoshi 111 in 2004 it was such a life changer.
Japanese tattoos work on every level of design on a body. It's bold and has flow, the biggest things for me in a tattoo. Most of the time we have to try to get customers to see the elegance in simplicity. They come with a million ideas to fit into a small space.  keep it simple!!!