"It seems like every two or three days we are doing a koi (carp) half-sleeve or a dragon tattoo. People in the States are going nuts for Japanese. It's really blown up over the last two years ...

And in a timely gesture of optimism, the car features a koi, the traditional Japanese motif that speaks of the qualities of good fortune and perseverance. The UX tattoo art car's koi, a symbol of ...

Thompson, curator of Japanese art at the Museum ... full-body tattoos rendered in impressive detail. The common motifs – dragons and demons, fearsome predators, koi fish and cherry blossoms ...