Five new larger sized buttons featuring Tama's sweet artwork have just arrived as well as an eyeglass polishing cloth featuring "Frostbite".
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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.
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.
POPULAR ARTISTS
THE LATEST NEWS
Feb 12, 2014
There's a new volume of Shintaro Kago's Funny Girls themed on traditional Japanese Ghosts like ame onna, rokurokubi, and more! And a delightful book supervised and planned by Shintaro Kago, "Unko 100 Ways" - 100 artists get one page each for cartoons, illustrations, haikus, poetry, and more.
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| Japanese Ghosts | Unko 100 Ways |
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Feb 6, 2014
Three very affordable original paintings by two great artists of Japan! Two Suehiro Maruo watercolors and one Trevor Brown oil are now available by special order.
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| Suehiro Maruo DADA | Suehiro Maruo Jackie Coogan | Trevor Brown Mickey Fetus |
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Jan 31, 2014
Another batch of Shintaro Kago's "Funny Girl" paintings are on their way to AkaTako. Available for pre-order now, these one of a kind originals should arrive February 5th +/-. There are six of the smaller size and ten of the larger size. Don't miss out!
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Jan 20, 2014
Finally got some more of the smaller sized Funny Girl original paintings by Shintaro Kago in stock! These measure about 5.25" x 7.68". Shipping direct from Brooklyn, NY.
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Jan 18, 2014
Twenty-eight pages of black and white drawings of "Erotic Games" that you probably shouldn't try out for yourself. Just sit back and enjoy Shintaro Kago's wonderfully twisted imagination as you flip through the pages.
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Jan 7, 2014
The two newest issues of Talking Heads Magazine are now available - plus three older issues. Each magazine focuses on a single subject and brings you a great full color section along with many images in black and white. Text is 100% Japanese but many of the artist's names and websites are written in English.
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| Talking Heads 37 Decadence |
Talking Heads 39 Catastrophe |
Talking Heads 40 Maiden Group |
Talking Heads 55 Black & White Rondo |
Talking Heads 56 Sign of Man/Sign of Woman |
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Jan 2, 2014
All four new books have been added with full descriptions and photos - two doll themed photography books, one Shintaro Kago art book, and one Yoichi Nebashi art book.
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| Misaki Saijyo Doll Bride |
Shunkin - Days with a Doll Maiden |
Shintaro Kago Candy Filled Girl's Head |
Yoichi Nebashi Secret Honey Girls |
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