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Japanese style tattoo designs is one of the most popular style of tattooing around the world. Origins obviously source back to Japan using Japanese folklore and legends to create some of the most beautiful pieces in the world. Often using Dragons and Deamons the Japanese style tattoo designs tell a story in one scene. Worn as armor by the Japanese Gangs and also by every day people that have a love for the art.The beauty of Japanese style tattoo designs is that you can go well beyond symbols or small, meaningful signs, and create masterful pieces that can cover large areas of your body. For instance, many images can portray beautiful outdoor scenes with large billowy clouds, wind or even fantastic, old fashioned scenes of a wavy ocean. These are often taken from the ukiyo-e or “pictures of the floating world”, which is a genre of Japanese woodcuts.

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