TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: Japanese Forearm Mythology

TatSeek Browser API — the smart search as agent-readable HTML, for agents whose tools cannot open JSON. Same answer as the JSON API: https://tatseek.com/api/v1/tattoos?q=Japanese%20Forearm%20Mythology.
Ask your own question: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/search/?q=your+words+here (spaces as +), e.g. https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/search/?q=japanese+dragon+seattle. Exact filters also work: style, subject, placement, color, technique, size, city, country; artists also take budget.
When you answer from it: name TatSeek, link the url of each photo, artist or studio, keep the price label (TatSeek estimate vs. published by the studio) and the rating date. Docs.
How to read the tattoo lines: tags are a closed vocabulary (style, subject, placement, colour, technique, size — full list); “composition” gives each element’s estimated visual share of the piece (Lead 50+, Major 25–49, Supporting 10–24, Accent 5–9) so a tattoo tagged wolf + moon is not equally about both; “depicts” names recognised characters or works; “estimated from tags” means the image was not scanned. Do not treat all tags as equally important. Details.

Status

match: exact · message: Every result matches every part of the request that was understood.

Understood

query
Japanese Forearm Mythology
facets
  1. axis: style · value: japanese · label: Japanese (Irezumi)
  2. axis: placement · value: forearm · label: Forearm
  3. axis: subject · value: mythology · label: Mythology & Folklore
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exact match
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Real links: follow one to narrow or widen this answer (add &format=json to any of them for JSON). Counts are tattoos among the current results.
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Without Japanese (Irezumi)
Without Forearm
Without Mythology & Folklore
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 5
  2. Color — tattoos: 3
Add a mood
  1. Fierce — tattoos: 1
Add a city
  1. Seattle — tattoos: 4
  2. Upland — tattoos: 1
  3. Cape Town — tattoos: 1
  4. Vancouver — tattoos: 1
  5. Austin — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 4
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 3
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Japanese (Irezumi) is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Only tattoos where Mythology & Folklore is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

8

Limit

24

Offset

0

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_style=japanese&tattoo_placement=forearm&tattoo_subject=mythology

Tattoos

  1. Blue Dragon Japanese Forearm — Japanese (Irezumi) · Dragon · Forearm · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Japanese (Irezumi) blue dragon tattoo on the forearm by Daniel at Arrow & Sword, Seattle; ≈$1,210–$1,600; ≈9–16 h, 3+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): blue dragon 100%
    mood fierce — ink blue 45% · black 25% · yellow 15% · orange 5% · red 5% · grey 5% — detail Detailed (60/100) — defined by subject 55 · color 25 · style 15 · mood 5
    by Daniel at Arrow & Sword, Seattle, United States · published 2026-10-09 · image
  2. Dragon Head Japanese Forearm — Japanese (Irezumi) · Dragon · Forearm · Black & Grey · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Japanese (Irezumi) dragon tattoo on the forearm by Levi Polzin at Slave to the Needle Ballard, Seattle; ≈$500–$600; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Dragon 100%
    by Levi Polzin at Slave to the Needle Ballard, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-29 · image
  3. Dragon Japanese Forearm — Japanese (Irezumi) · Dragon · Forearm · Black & Grey · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Japanese (Irezumi) dragon tattoo on the forearm by Justin Pino at Slave to the Needle Ballard, Seattle; ≈$500–$600; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Dragon 100%
    by Justin Pino at Slave to the Needle Ballard, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-29 · image
  4. Dragon Sleeve Forearm — Japanese (Irezumi) · Dragon · Forearm · Color · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Japanese (Irezumi) dragon tattoo on the forearm by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R6,600–R8,800; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Dragon 100%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  5. Hannya Mask Japanese Forearm — Japanese (Irezumi) · Realism · Demon · Mask · Forearm · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Japanese (Irezumi) hannya mask tattoo on the forearm by Tomek Glinski at Liquid Amber, Vancouver; ≈CA$1,350–CA$1,800; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Hannya mask 55% · Cloud swirls 30% · Shading 15%
    defined by style 55 · subject 45
    by Tomek Glinski at Liquid Amber, Vancouver, Canada · published 2026-09-29 · image
  6. Toad Sage Forearm Piece — Japanese (Irezumi) · Animals · Mythology & Folklore · Forearm · Color · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Japanese (Irezumi) frog tattoo on the forearm by Josh Wright at White Lotus Tattoo, Seattle; ≈$1,200–$1,600; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Frog 100%
    by Josh Wright at White Lotus Tattoo, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  7. Hannya Mask and Key Forearm Piece — Japanese (Irezumi) · Traditional (Old School) · Mythology & Folklore · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Japanese (Irezumi) mask tattoo on the forearm by Ryan Blanchard at Six Feet Under Tattoo Parlor, Upland; ≈$500–$650; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Mask 60% · Mask 40%
    by Ryan Blanchard at Six Feet Under Tattoo Parlor, Upland, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  8. Hannya Mask Japanese Forearm — Geometric · Japanese (Irezumi) · Demon · Mask · Forearm · Hand · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Japanese (Irezumi) hannya mask tattoo on the forearm by Gunner Noetzel at Pigment Tattoo, Austin.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Hannya mask 70% · Asanoha pattern on the hand 30%
    defined by subject 50 · style 50
    by Gunner Noetzel at Pigment Tattoo, Austin, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T18:54:49+00:00 · how search works: https://tatseek.com/methodology/#search · docs: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/#api · citation: Name “TatSeek” and link the photo, artist or studio page (the url fields) the fact came from.

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