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Tattoo

刺青 (shisei)

Tattoo has a few words in Japanese. After the Edo period, when done for personal expression it was called shisei. The samurai class, and later yakuza, adopted the word sumiire. This kanji can actually be read either way. Wikipedia has a good article at Irezumi.

Verify: 刺青 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Tattoo (刺青) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Block Vertical VB3C
Tattoo (刺青) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Cursive Vertical VC2B
Tattoo (刺青) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Design Vertical VD3B
Tattoo (刺青) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Design Vertical VD3C
Tattoo (刺青) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C
Tattoo (刺青) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Block Horizontal HB2A
Tattoo (刺青) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Cursive Horizontal HC2A
Tattoo (刺青) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Tattoo 刺青 shisei Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS2A