An Expedition Into the Ideas Surrounding Christian & Celtic Crosses and Japanese Water Tattoos

Koi Fish and Spectacular Wave Japanese Water Tattoos

Moving onto number two we have Japanese water tattoos, there are any number of varied, weird and wonderful tattoo designs in this genera ranging from spectacular wave formations to all manner of swimming Koi and varying amounts of water.

The Koi is a fish that originated in China but the Japanese have adopted the fish with lots of meanings. In Japan they are said to be particularly prized for their manly abilities, to the Japanese this fish emulates the warrior, their Samurai, in that when the fish is on the chopping board it maintains its honor by laying perfectly still even though it 'knows' it is about to die.

The Japanese were so taken with the Koi fish and all the manly attributes it is said to display that they felt it was the appropriate symbol for the annual Boys' Day Festival. It is meant to display and represent all the qualities boy are hoped to aspire to such as overcoming life's difficulties, courage and having the ability and staying power to achieve lofty goals. During their annual Boys' Day Festival each family flies a Koi flag for each boy in the family.

Intricate Celtic Design Tattoos

Lastly let us go over the intricate and wholly nature of Celtic design tattoos. The great thing about Celtic design tattoos is that there is such a range, you might be going for an intricate interwoven circular design in black and white with gray shading or for a mythical creature motif.

Then there are stunning interwoven armband designs and how can we forget the ever popular Celtic cross tattoo designs. Either way there is a huge amount of choice available for you within the Celtic design tattoo genera.

So there you have it an exploration of three exciting tattoo designs and what they are all about and what they mean, hopefully you have gotten something out of this little article. No doubt you want to see what all this looks like when an artist puts pen to paper and creates a tattoo design. We have recently put together tattoo galleries for all three of these tattoo design, just click on one of the links below to check them out:

Christian Cross Tattoo Gallery, Japanese Water Tattoo Gallery and Celtic Design Tattoo Gallery.

Ross Herrick is Director of TattooBlast an easy to navigate website providing you with quality inspiration for your first or next tattoo.

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