Leg sleeves
Japanese Traditional tattoo patterns to be placed on leg
Leg tattoos
In Irezumi such thing like a ‘leg sleeve’ as a separated piece of tattoo simply doesn’t exist since anatomically can not be 'framed' to comple Gaku-bori. Traditionally leg tattoos assumed to be connected to a back piece as a part of a bodysuit.
To be referred as a ‘sleeve’ leg tattoo piece must be closed around a leg and can be done in few different ways depending on a type of a bodysuit chosen by customer.
Part of a bodysuite
In case of ‘Munewari’ bodysuit, tattoo frame can go straight down on thigh, drawing curve above a knee to be connected with the bottom of ‘Sewari’ and this kind of Gaku can not be called ‘a sleeve’ since not closed on inner side of a leg.
Lenght
There are different patterns which can be tattooed on legs appearing a ‘leg sleeve’:
Han-zubon(Gobu, 5/10 sleeve) – Just above a knee,
Hati-bu(Shichibu, 7/10 sleeve)- under a knee
Naga-zubon(Long sleeve) – just above an ankle.
Not sleeves
Such kind of “leg sleeves” which include tattoos from the ankle all the way up the thigh can not be referred as ‘Japanese traditional’ type of Irezumi and can be only done as Nukibori, not ‘framed’ – without any Mikiri.
In our studio, we DON’T make these kind of tattoos!
We DON'T make these kind of tattoos in our studio.
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