LEGS
Leg sleeves
In Irezumi such thing like a āleg sleeveā as a separated piece of tattoo simply doesnāt exist since anatomically can not be completed as Gaku-bori. Traditionally leg tattoos assumed to be connected to a back piece as a part of a bodysuit.Ā
To be referred as a āsleeveā 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.Ā
Part of aĀ BodysuitĀ
In case of āMunewariā bodysuit, tattoo frame can go straight down on thigh, drawing curve above a knee to be connected with the bottom of āSewariā and this kind of Gaku can not be called āa sleeveā since not closed on inner side of a leg.
Length
There are different patterns which can be tattooed on legs appearing a āleg sleeveā:
- 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.
F.A.Q.
Any kind of motif based on Japanese mythology and scenes from nature can be done on a leg.
Technically yes, and this is called ‘one point tattoo’. Ā In our studio we specialize in Gakubori – framed tattoo and do ONLY large scaled tattoos which take entire body part and naturally framed by that part of the body. We DON’T do such tattoos like ‘lower leg sleeve’ or ‘half leg sleeve’ because that kind of tattoos can not be anatomically framed.
