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

Takato Yamamoto JAPONESTHETIQUE
May 13, 2021

Just added for PRE-ORDER, Takato Yamamoto's brand new book "Japonesthetique". Deeply exploring his roots and love for Ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese imagery, "Japonesthetique" is his own particular sense of aesthetics and Japonisme combined into an iconic book of geisha, samurai, demons, shunga, ghosts, spring scenes in kimono and everything you think of meaning "traditional Japan" (but still with his modern, crisp lines).

Signed regular edition is available as well as a few copies of the already sold out limited edition version. Arrival is expected early June +/-.
Folding fan is in stock and available now!

Takato Yamamoto Japonesthetique PRE-ORDER
"Japonesthetique"
regular edition		 Takato Yamamoto Japonesthetique Limited Edition PRE-ORDER
"Japonesthetique"
limited edition		 Takato Yamamoto Folding Fan Japonesthetique
Japonesthetique
folding fan

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Hajime Kinoko Restock
Apr 22, 2021

Just arrived to USA shipping location again, two gorgeous Hajime Kinoko books!
◆ "Oni Kinbaku" is a luxurious hardcover book in a paper board slip case. 148 pages with a full range of kinbaku styles - understated traditional to conceptual modern. Signed and numbered limited edition of 500 pieces.
◆ "Wayou Kinbaku Miyabi" is a softcover book of 204 pages that focuses on traditional style kinbaku, seeking out the height of elegance in settings, kimono, techniques, ropes - everything! Also includes English language afterword revealing Kinoko san's inspirations.

Hajime Kinoko Oni Kinbaku SIGNED
Hajime Kinoko
Oni Kinbaku SIGNED		 Hajime Kinoko Wayou Kinbaku Miyabi SIGNED
Hajime Kinoko
Wayou Kinbaku Miyabi SIGNED

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New Tama Book ROSETTE
Apr 13, 2021

A few SIGNED copies of Tama's "best of" collector edition book "Rosette" have just been added. Includes 66 full color artworks from from 2005 to 2017 (four of which were previously unpublished!). A must have for any fan of her cute and dark watercolor artworks.

Tama Rosette SIGNED
Tama Rosette
(slipcase cover)		 Tama Rosette SIGNED
Tama Rosette
(inside page)		 Tama Rosette SIGNED
Tama Rosette
(inside page)

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Namio Harukawa's Garden of Domina
Apr 9, 2021

FINALLY back in stock, Namio Harukawa's "GARDEN of DOMINA" book! A bilingual (Japanese/English) story on the left page and an illustrative monochrome drawing on the right page. About 80 artworks.

Namio Harukawa Garden of Domina Namio Harukawa Garden of Domina - inside pages

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Two New Em Nishizuka Books
Apr 7, 2021

Two Em Nishizuka books new to AkaTako (actually published a couple years ago) have just been added! I've bought up all the remaining stock of these two so once they sell out, they can't be restocked. "Gray Sacred" is a bit more conceptual with an androgynous god theme and accompanying morbid poems (in Japanese). "Portrait 3" is full of caterpillar scarves, cute nurses, and botanical illustrations. BOTH are signed in black marker!

Em Nishizuka Gray Sacred SIGNED
Em Nishizuka
Gray Sacred		 Em Nishizuka Portrait 3 SIGNED
Em Nishizuka
Portrait 3

Also added, improved and additional images of her "The Illegal Underland" book. Softcover book of 120 pages includes over 70 artworks PLUS several short (full color) manga stories.

Em Nishizuka The Illegal Underland
"The Illegal Underland"
front cover		 Em Nishizuka The Illegal Underland
"The Illegal Underland"
inside pages

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Big Restock!
Mar 31, 2021

Many items have just been restocked! Some brand new, some lightly used, some "regular stock", some "rare and out of print".

SUEHIRO MARUO restock:

Suehiro Maruo Midori Bandana
Midori Bandana		 Suehiro Maruo Midori Tote Bag Black
Midori Tote Bag		 Suehiro Maruo Pouch Erotica
Erotica Drawstring Pouch		 Suehiro Maruo Postcards Erotica
Erotica Postcard Pair		 Suehiro Maruo Shoujo Tsubaki
Shoujo Tsubaki Manga

OTHER ARTISTS restock:

Hiroaki Samura Brute Love
Hiroaki Samura
Brute Love		 Uziga Waita Mai-chan's Daily Life
Uziga Waita
Mai-chan's Daily Life		 Kenichi Koyama Melancholy Girls
Kenichi Koyama
Melancholy Girls		 Nori Tomizaki Girl from the Ghost's Box
Nori Tomizaki
Girl from the Ghost's Box		 Seiichi Hayashi Sabishikatta Kara Kuchizuke Shitano
Seiichi Hayashi
[sold out!!]

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Hajime Sorayama New Books
Mar 30, 2021

The XL format exhibition catalog for GIGER + SORAYAMA is now in stock! The exhibition was a collaboration between Alessio Ascari and Shinji Nanzuka, traveling around Japan and showcasing these two very different yet somehow similar artists. This catalog was shipped all the way to Tokyo (printed in Italy) to receive Hajime Sorayama's signature and then shipped back to AkaTako. Just a few pieces available!

Giger Sorayama Exhibition Catalog SIGNED
Giger Sorayama Exhibition Catalog SIGNED		 Giger Sorayama Exhibition Catalog SIGNED
Giger Sorayama Exhibition Catalog SIGNED

Also just arrived, the general public reissue of the "Robot Catalogue" which was originally issued during his 2020 exhibition "Sex Matters" at Nanzuka Underground. This new book has very slight differences from the limited edition release. The cover is metallic/reflective silver (limited was a plain gray). There is now an ISBN (limited had only QR code). But interior content is the same!

Hajime Sorayama Robot Catalogue
Hajime Sorayama Robot Catalogue		 Hajime Sorayama Robot Catalogue
Hajime Sorayama Robot Catalogue

Unsigned copies now in stock!

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Suehiro Maruo Enamel Pins Arrival
Mar 16, 2021

Suehiro Maruo enamel pins have arrived and are now in stock at both EU and USA shipping locations. Actual photos of the pins and their backing cards have just been added. Hard enamel pins with double post backs, 1.75" (45mm) max. "Torture Garden" pin is gold metal with screen printed fine details. "Shoujo Tsubaki Midori" pin is black nickel metal.

Suehiro Maruo Enamel Pin

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