Cangrejo Heike-gani real - Mitologia Japonesa

King Heikegani crab

Heikegani Series

Watercolor and felt-tip pen / rice paper 10x15 cm.

In this small drawing I present the royal heikegani crab (Heikeopsis Japonica), which gave rise to this famous legend.. It is like this, just as I drew it, with this face on the shell. To the crab is accompanied by seaweed in a drawing style quite common in Ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese tattooing.

¡Click here if you want to know more about the Heikegani! In the section Tattoo Icons Japanese you will be able to access an article open to updates, where I am gathering interesting information and representative images related to this subject. You will also be able to watch a beautiful film on the subject (an excerpt from The beyond - Kwaidan).

About my designs:

- I do not perform more than a single tattoo with each drawing what do I do. Although I can always prepare a new one like it, I do not repeat them on the skin.
- Please ask for to other tattoo artists who can use this drawing as an example of a reference for tattoos that do not copy it as is.
- The exclusivity of the drawings adds value to tattoos and the production of new drawings improves the quality of our work.