Have been working on my leg
Got a new tattoo the other day. Took about 3 hours. By Josh Carter at Studio City Tattoo. Here is a pic of all of them. The Right one is the newest. http://imgur.com/K0GYe.jpg
It's a Tengu. A japanese bird demon. My entire leg has so far been only japanese demons, and I will post more later when I get better pictures. They are Obake or tsukumogami. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obake
Tengu: The tengu in art appears in a large number of shapes, but it usually falls somewhere between a large, monstrous bird and a wholly anthropomorphized being, often with a red face or an unusually large or long nose. Early depictions of tengu show them as kite-like beings who can take a human-like form, often retaining avian wings, head or beak. The tengu's long nose seems to have been conceived in the 14th century, likely as a humanization of the original bird's bill. The tengu's long noses ally them with the Shinto deity Sarutahiko, who is described in the Japanese historical text, the Nihon Shoki, with a similar proboscis measuring seven hand-spans in length. In village festivals the two figures are often portrayed with identical red, phallic-nosed mask designs. From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu
Let me know what you think.
Posted Nov 3, 2010, 10:01 PM UTC