Welcome to AkaTako - your USA based source (with a small outpost in Europe) for underground and hard to find Japanese art: signed art books, limited edition prints and posters, licensed enamel pins and t-shirts, artist produced postcards and mini books, original drawings and paintings, and lots more. We ship worldwide!
Not sure where to start? Check out the more popular artists and items just below. A bit further down the page is a news feed of everything going on with AkaTako.

THE LATEST NEWS

Creation Project 2019 Furoshiki
Jan 31, 2020

Last year's "Creation Project 2019" created beautiful cotton shantung furoshiki (traditional Japanese wrapping cloth) with the artwork of Japanese artists and the amazing expertise of a kimono maker founded in 1555(!). Each furoshiki is hand-dyed, one by one. Manufacturing is currently taking place and the furoshiki are expected to arrive to AkaTako around mid to end of March 2020.
** Numbers are limited so PRE-ORDER is now available. **

Aquirax Uno Furoshiki
Aquirax Uno
Furoshiki		 Fuco Ueda Furoshiki
Fuco Ueda
Furoshiki		 Takato Yamamoto Furoshiki
Takato Yamamoto
Furoshiki

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Project Erotica Goods
Jan 31, 2020

Just added, Suehiro Maruo and Takato Yamamoto goods from the "Project Erotica" exhibition in Tokyo. There are two sets of postcards available and three different cotton drawstring pouches as well!

Suehiro Maruo Project Erotica Postcard Set Suehiro Maruo Project Erotica Pouch Takato Yamamoto Project Erotica Postcard Set Takato Yamamoto Project Erotica Pouch
Suehiro Maruo
Project Erotica postcards
(set of 2)		 Suehiro Maruo
Project Erotica pouch
(choice of 2)		 Takato Yamamoto
Project Erotica postcards
(set of 3)		 Takato Yamamoto
Project Erotica
cotton pouch

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Two New Akiko Ijichi Limited Edition Posters
Jan 6, 2020

Shipping to the USA location soon and available for pre-order now, two brand new, limited edition signed and numbered posters by Akiko Ijichi! These are exclusive to AkaTako with just 50 pieces of each one. [Arrived and in stock at USA location now.]

Akiko Ijichi poster I Want to Say Goodbye Human SIGNED
"I Want to Say Good-bye Human" poster		 Akiko Ijichi poster It Shows How Wicked I Am SIGNED
"It Shows How Wicked I Am" poster

Posters arrive to USA around January 21. They will then make their way to EU shipping location towards the end of February.

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New Final Clearance and Further Reductions
Jan 3, 2020

The sale/final clearance section just doubled in size! New items marked down and remaining sale items further reduced. All items in the sale section will not be restocked so this is your last chance.

AkaTako Sale and Final Clearance AkaTako Sale and Final Clearance

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New Doll Books Added
Dec 29, 2019

Four vintage books of Japanese doll artists from the late 1980s/early 1990s have just been added. These are a smaller format book in lightly used condition. Two by Amano Katan and two by Ryoichi Yoshida.

Amano Katan Katan Doll 1st Edition
Amano Katan
Katan Doll 1st edition		 Amano Katan Katan Doll Fantasm
Amano Katan
Katan Doll Fantasm		 Ryoichi Yoshida Anatomic Doll
Ryoichi Yoshida
Anatomic Doll		 Ryoichi Yoshida Anatomic Doll II
Ryoichi Yoshida
Anatomic Doll II

Also available, later editions of the above books which combined the two into one, larger volume:

Amano Katan Katan Doll
Amano Katan
Katan Doll (2007)		 Ryo Yoshida Articulated Doll SIGNED
Ryo Yoshida
Articulated Doll (2002)

And if you are interested in Japanese doll artists, I would highly recommend the new book DOLLS by photographer Nagare Tanaka. His beautiful photos will introduce you to 28 different original artists!

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Two Yoh Monochrome Books Added
Dec 28, 2019

Just added, two brand new books by Yoh Monochrome. Each book is 22 pages long and full of black and white illustrations with touches of pastel colors here and there.

Yoh Monochrome Dream Meal Botanical Picture Book
"Dream Meal Botanical Picture Book"		 Yoh Monochrome Forest of White, Black, and Violet
"Forest of White, Black, and Violet"

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Twelve New Original Namio Harukawa Drawings
Dec 15, 2019

A dozen original drawings by bbw face-sitting artist Namio Harukawa have just been added for sale.
Drawings are pencil on paper and will ship direct to you from Tokyo.

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Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 169 Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 170 Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 171 Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 172 Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 173 Namio Harukawa Original Drawing 174

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Four Volumes of Tomino Jigoku Manga
Dec 1, 2019

All four of Suehiro Maruo's epic revenge story "Tomino Jigoku" are available now! Each manga is signed by Suehiro Maruo inside the cover. Text is 100% Japanese.

Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 1 SIGNED
Tomino Jigoku 1		 Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 2 SIGNED
Tomino Jigoku 2		 Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 3 SIGNED
Tomino Jigoku 3		 Suehiro Maruo Tomino Jigoku 4 SIGNED
Tomino Jigoku 4

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