Female Japanese Sleeve Phoenix and Peonies Japanese Tattoo. This sleeve also a massive cover up of old tattoos and scars. In case of “cover ups” artist have to be very careful and in case of covering a scar he or she has to be twice careful as scars are not regular skin, it may not “take” the ink it may heal bad etc. Usually takes several passes of deep colouring.
HOU-OU or PHOENIX in Japanese Tattoo.
Phoenix Japanese tattoo. Probably the most important of the mythological birds, its unmatched splendour and the immortality it derived by rising from its own ashes.
Its name comes from the Greek word for “red”, the colour of fire and it came originally from Ethiopia and thought to appear only once every 500 years. In ancient China, the feng-huang bird was able to unite both yin and yang and was used as a symbol of marriage.
In some versions of its story, it flew to distant lands gathering fragrant herbs which it returned to its altar, setting them afire and burning itself to ashes -rising three days later.
In other versions, when the time of its death would draw near, it built a nest of aromatic twigs in which it would burn, simply from the heat of its own body. Tattooing the phoenix is done from different times of it existence, thus not always on fire!
However, no matter the details of its origin, life, or death, it has become a symbol not only of the undying soul, resurrection, and immortal life but also one of triumph and a rebirth in this life. (Source)
