- Style
- Japanese
- Suggested placement
- Upper arm
- Suggested size
- Medium, 5 to 15 cm
The name goes into the enquiry for you. Say where it goes and how big, and the drawing comes back before anything is booked.
What it means
The hannya is a mask from Japanese Noh theatre, showing a woman changed by jealousy and grief into something demonic. She is not a demon. The mask is carved so that it reads as sorrow when tilted down and as fury when tilted up, and the actor turns one into the other by moving his head.
A good hannya tattoo keeps both. One drawn flat and simply angry loses the thing that makes the mask worth wearing.
