Chrysanthemum Woman Back Tattoo

A bold colour portrait of a woman with a black swept-up bun, red lips, a large red chrysanthemum and a teal-and-red kimono collar, shown on the upper back.

Style: Old school
Placement: Back
Motif: Geisha, Woman profile
Good for: Sleeve
Mood: Color
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About this design

What the design shows

The design shows a woman facing forward with her head tipped slightly to the right. Heavy black hair forms a high sculpted bun, broken by curved tan highlight strokes that follow each lock. Her face is pale and graphic, with arched black brows, red eye shadow, red lips, and two small beauty marks. A large chrysanthemum grows across the lower left of the bust. Its layered red and cream petals stack around a dark center, outlined in black so every curl remains distinct. The kimono collar wraps under the neck in teal, red, cream, and black bands, ending in a sharp red point at the right shoulder. Flat colour blocks and thick outlines give the piece a traditional flash feel. On the back preview it sits centrally between the shoulder blades at a little over palm size, with the flower spreading toward the left shoulder.

In this design

front-facing woman portrait
sculpted black hair bun
red lips and eye shadow
red chrysanthemum
cream petal highlights
teal and red kimono collar

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Placement

Placement and size

The on-skin example is centered across the upper back, with the bun close to the base of the neck and the chrysanthemum reaching left toward the shoulder blade. It needs at least palm length for the petal layers and makeup marks. A broad thigh, upper arm, chest, or calf can also carry the bust. On a narrow limb, reduce the flower to fewer petal rows rather than squeezing the face and collar together.

Patchwork

Building it into a patchwork

This medium-heavy colour portrait reads as a feature piece because of the black hair, red flower, and teal collar. Let it anchor a back or thigh group, then add a small red lantern, black swallow, or separate chrysanthemum bud around it. Leave a skin margin outside the outer petals and the bun. A second full colour face beside it would compete with the forward gaze and crowd the collar edges.

Small pieces that pair with it

A small red lantern below the collar point
A tiny black swallow beside the flower
A separate chrysanthemum bud near the right shoulder

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For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

01Keep black outlines between the cream and red petal bands.
02Retain the two small beauty marks as separate dots on the face.
03Do not let the teal collar merge into the black hair mass.
04Balance the flower width against the shoulder line before applying the stencil.

Made and reviewed

How this design was made

Design: Generated with AI image tools under our direction, then reviewed by the Patchwork Tattoos team: a readable outline, the same design in the clean and on-skin views, and a reviewed Builder piece.
Page notes: Written from the clean design and the on-skin preview of this exact design, then checked against both pictures.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Your tattoo: A concept for planning. Your artist will redraw it for your skin, placement and size, so the finished tattoo will differ from the image.
License: Free to download and use as the reference for your own tattoo and to share with your artist. Selling the file or republishing it in a collection is not allowed.

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