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Whether you want a full back design or a half sleeve design, you will find an incredible gallery of amazing designs to choose Tattoo artists have taken the art of the Japanese dragon to amazing new levels. According to most sources, the Japanese dragon is closely related to the Chinese counterparts, with the exception that the Japanese dragon has only three claws, while that of the Celestial Kingdom (China) has five. This is merely a general description and does not apply to all Japanese dragons, some of which have heads of so extraordinary a kind that they cannot be compared with anything in the animal kingdom. It is able to expand or contract its body, and in addition it has the power of transformation and invisibility.

The breath of the Japanese Dragon changes into clouds from which come either rain or fire. Japanese dragons tend to be much more slender and fly less frequently than the Chinese counterparts. It is usually depicted as a wingless, heavily-scaled snake-like creature with small clawed legs and a horned or antlered camel head, and is associated with sea, clouds or the heavens. The Japanese dragon is one of the most popular mythological creatures picked for inking and a classic choice for a tattoo design.

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