Ida's Ho-o Irezumi Backpiece Completed.

Horimatsu Irezumi rendition of a Ho-o based on a painting by Katsuchika Hokusai.
The Ho-o is one of the more popular Irezumi designs for women. Like most designs within the iconography of the traditional Japanese tattoo it's really a unisex one, but I prefer to draw it on the female body. However, as there is always exeptions to whatever rule one comes up with, I have used succesfully on men as well.
It's one of the Five Auspicious Animals, a group made up of the Ryu (dragon), Ho-o, Koi (carp), Shishi (chinese lion) and Tora (Tiger), and these are also the most popular designs among my clientele.
For more information on the Ho-o, please Go Here.

Ida has spent some thirty odd hours under the needles for this piece, full of deatails as it was, but never did she complain even once. I look forward to have her coming back for more.

After healing comes a proper studio setting photoshoot and then I will show it here in a way that makes it justice.