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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.

THE LATEST NEWS

Jul 19, 2011

Chronicling her daughter's childhood years, Irina Ionesco captures the many facets of childhood - innocence, play time, dress up, boredom, sulking, happiness, etc., in the photography book "Eva: Eloge de ma Fille".

Irina Ionesco Eva: Eloge de ma Fille front coverIrina Ionesco Eva: Eloge de ma FilleIrina Ionesco Eva: Eloge de ma Fille

Her curly blonde daughter Eva is lovingly photographed in black and white in this over-sized hardcover book.


Jul 15, 2011

The second wave of Japanese rope bondage (kinbaku or shibari) charms by Kitanya Design Factory have arrived! A few of the charms have permanently sold out but some new styles have come in.

New Kinbaku Charms on AkaTako

New styles include a Smiling Rope Master Cat, Nun, Latex Lady, Tiger Lady, Playboy Bunny, White Bunny in Pink, Axolotl, Jellyfish, Giraffe, Camera, and Rolleiflex. Order yours before they sell out!


Jun 11, 2011

The Japanese rope bondage charms made by Kitanya Design Factory have been mentioned a couple of times on Trevor Brown's blog and I've finally been able to get in touch with the artist in Tokyo who makes these. There are MANY designs but very limited quantities of all of them.

Nurse Bunny Kinbaku CharmRed Mask Black Cat Kinbaku charmPanda Kikko KinbakuCheerleader Kinbaku charmJapanese Schoolgirl Kinbaku charm
Nurse Bunny KinbakuBlack Cat KinbakuPanda Kikko KinbakuCheerleader KinbakuSchoolgirl Kinbaku

Each charm is handmade - hand painted, hand tied and initialed by the artist. They'll look super cute hanging from your cell phone, or as a necklace pendant, a zipper pull, a purse charm, or just a cute little piece of handmade shibari or kinbaku art!


May 31, 2011

Three new SIGNED offset prints by Toshio Saeki are great examples of why he is the master of eroguro:

Toshio Saeki print 8Toshio Saeki print 9Toshio Saeki print 10
Toshio Saeki Print 8Toshio Saeki Print 9
Toshio Saeki Print 10

Toshio Saeki's works illustrate an erotic nightmare world and allow us to peep in on what is going on behind closed doors (and in bedrooms and dungeons!).


May 6, 2011

New additions to the Hiroshi Nonami catalog of books:

Hiroshi Nonami AbyssHiroshi Nonami ChaosHiroshi Nonami Mousa SIGNED
Hiroshi Nonami AbyssHiroshi Nonami ChaosHiroshi Nonami Mousa

All three books are hand signed inside the front cover. Each has a great selection of Hiroshi Nonami's fantasy photography. Beautiful women are transported to imaginary worlds of sci-fi, darkness, nature, life, and death through his camera lens.


Apr 5, 2011

Just arrived to AkaTako.net - a few sets of Takato Yamamoto's special limited edition book set.

Takato Yamamoto silver book set Takato Yamamoto silver book set

This set features his three most recent books: Divertimento for a Martyr, Rib of a Hermaphrodite, and Coffin of a Chimera. Silver cloth boxed set, each book is signed and numbered (edition of 250)!


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