The Illustrated Man

Lee’s Oni and Koi Japanese Tattoo Sleeve

Yesterday I posted the top half of Lee’s Japanese tattoo sleeve. Today it’s his forearm.

His inner forearm features an oni or Japanese demon tattoo. There’s also windbars and water splashes.

demon or oni and water splashes Japanese tattoo sleeve in black and grey

The back of Lee’s forearm and elbow feature a koi carp with water splashes, a girl’s face in a fortune card, and cherry blossoms with broken petals.

Koi carp are popular motifs in Japanese tattoos. They symbolise both strength and perseverance.

koi carp, fortune card, and cherry blossom Japanese tattoo sleeve in black and grey

Posted by Steve 'A' on June 19th, 2008 in Tattoos. Follow any responses through the RSS 2.0 feed, leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

8 responses to “Lee’s Oni and Koi Japanese Tattoo Sleeve”

  1. Posted by Gorgeous Dave on June 19th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Hi guys, hope you keeping well.
    Great to see more of your amazing work Steve and look forward to seeing you all in the winter for a nice cup of tea and to finish what we’ve started :-)
    Say hi to Tony for me

    Keeping it on one wheel
    Gorgeous Dave

  2. Posted by Devan on September 6th, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Hi Bro, do u mind selling me yr stencil pic of yr tattoo?
    regards..

  3. Posted by chris on July 12th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    thats mad how much did it cost and how long thanks

  4. Posted by daddii on November 16th, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    hey bro can you send me the stencil of your Oni and Koi please and thank you

  5. Posted by Brandon on December 14th, 2010 at 6:23 am

    Yo brah can you send me the stencil of your ONI demon

  6. Posted by justin on February 24th, 2011 at 7:58 am

    this tattoo is hard can u send yr stencil pic of yr tattoo?

  7. Posted by harry butler on April 18th, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    hello mate i realy like this tattoo and its somink esacualy what i wonts so can you send me the stenciles for this tattoo

    thanks mate

  8. Posted by stephen on May 2nd, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    The Demon tattoo was Great especially the shadowing and the proportion of how its slowly fade below the face and in the eye part
    Great artwork Steve such a real and broad-minded tattoo artist and I like the other details to in the bottom of the Oni, really eye catching with a uniqueness factor.

    The portrait also beside the Coi is beautiful with a simple ornament details I think its symbolize towards success,perseverance and strength of the woman in the portrait. Good Job Steve

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