Welcome to AkaTako - your USA based source 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

Etsuko Miura Eucharist Now Available
Feb 26, 2014

Available for pre-order, Etsuko Miura's new book "Eucharist" is set to arrive to AkaTako March 7 +/-. The special edition is limited to only 50 pieces and is being made now. Not quite ready for pre-order on AkaTako but here's a little preview of the handmade leather cover! (Edit: special edition now available.)

Etsuko Miura Eucharist Flyer Etsuko Miura Eucharist Special Edition
"Eucharist" regular edition "Eucharist" special edition

Orders for the regular edition will be shipped as soon as the book is received. Additional details and a link to the special edition will be posted as soon as information is confirmed.

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Rare/OOP Books Back in Stock
Feb 22, 2014

New shipment of hard to find books arrived a few days ago and they've all been restocked and ready to buy again. Most of these are out of print and pretty hard to find - there's also a couple brand new books that have been added to AkaTako. Enjoy!

Fuco Ueda Lucid Dream regular edition Hiroaki Samura Bradherley's Coach SIGNED Hiroaki Samura Love of the Brute SIGNED  Kenichi Murata Princess in the Underworld DVD Kishin Shinoyama Namaiki
Fuco Ueda
Lucid Dream		 Hiroaki Samura
Bradherley's Coach		 Hiroaki Samura
Brute Love		 Kenichi Murata
DVD		 Kishin Shinoyama
Namaiki
Namio Harukawa My Fair Fat Lady Vol 1 SIGNED Shin Taga World of Edogawa Ranpo SIGNED Suehiro Maruo Maruograph I 1st Ed SIGNED    
Namio Harukawa
My Fair Fat Lady Vol 1		 Shin Taga
World of
Edogawa Ranpo		 Suehiro Maruo
Maruograph I
1st Edition		    
Toshio Saeki Akai Hako Toshio Saeki Chimushi 1 Toshio Saeki Chimushi 2 Toshio Saeki Inkenka SIGNED  
Toshio Saeki
Akai Hako		 Toshio Saeki
Chimushi 1		 Toshio Saeki
Chimushi 2		 Toshio Saeki
Inkenka		  

A little note on Toshio Saeki - the artist is no longer signing copies of his books so the signed ones are increasingly hard to come by.

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Namio Harukawa Original Drawings
Feb 20, 2014

Six new Namio Harukawa drawings are now available by special order. Each of the six are a bit more extreme in their content and all of them have pink and red color accents. The very rare "My Fair Fat Lady Vol. 1" is also back in stock!

Namio Harukawa Drawing 21Namio Harukawa Drawing 22Namio Harukawa Drawing 23Namio Harukawa Drawing 24
Namio Harukawa Drawing 25Namio Harukawa Drawing 26 Namio Harukawa My Fair Fat Lady Vol 1 SIGNED

Click the images and send an inquiry about the originals or buy the book directly from AkaTako.

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Four New Reusable Shopping Bags
Feb 17, 2014

Four new cotton eco-bags with Tama's artwork are now available. Don't be wasteful with your plastic bags - refuse them and use these cute bags instead!

Tama Frostbite bag Tama Longing Energy bag Tama Rosy Noon bag Tama Under the Rose bag
Frostbite bag Longing Energy bag Rosy Noon bag Under the Rose bag

The "Monologue" design eco-bag is still available too. Click the images or titles above for more information and photos.

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Eight New Tama Postcard Sets
Feb 16, 2014

Eight sets of four postcards each ... (maths) ... that means there are thirty-two gorgeous new Tama postcards to feast your eyes upon!

Tama Postcard Set G Tama Postcard Set H Tama Postcard Set J Tama Postcard Set K
Tama Postcard Set L Tama Postcard Set M Tama Postcard Set N Tama Postcard Set O

Click the images above for more photos and details.

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New Tama Buttons & Cloth
Feb 14, 2014

Five new larger sized buttons featuring Tama's sweet artwork have just arrived as well as an eyeglass polishing cloth featuring "Frostbite".

Tama Oleander pin Tama Lidocaine Drop and Lager x-large pins Tama Rosy Noon x-large pin Tama Frostbite eyeglass cloth

Click the images for more details and pricing.

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Two New Shintaro Kago Books
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.

Shintaro Kago Japanese Ghosts SIGNED Shintaro Kago Unko 100 Ways SIGNED
Japanese Ghosts Unko 100 Ways

Click the images or titles for more photos and information.

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Three New Mini Paintings
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.

Suehiro Maruo DADA original paintingSuehiro Maruo Jackie Coogan original paintingTrevor Brown Mickey Fetus original painting
Suehiro Maruo
DADA		Suehiro Maruo
Jackie Coogan		Trevor Brown
Mickey Fetus

Please click the images or titles for more information or to inquire about purchasing.

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