AkaTako.net | USA Based Japanese Art Online Shop

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

New Takato Yamamoto Alice in Wonderland

Posted on: Jan 1, 2026

Heading to AkaTako on January 5th, Takato Yamamoto's newest series of illustrations for a JP language "Alice in Wonderland" book. The 224 page book is available in a regular edition or a special limited edition (only 1000 copies!) which includes a paperboard slipcase. There's also three very high quality giclée prints, three t-shirts, three tote bags, four clear plastic files, a single postcard or set of 12, and blind choice random pin back buttons! Please check description for estimated arrival dates.

Alice in Wonderland regular edition	Alice in Wonderland special limited edition	Alice pins
Alice in Wonderland giclée print	Alice in Wonderland II giclée print	Mad Tea Party giclée print
Mad Tea Party t-shirt	Rabbit - Denim t-shirt	Rabbit - White t-shirt
Alice tote bag	Mad Hatter tote bag	Rabbit tote bag
Alice single postcard	. Alice in Wonderland clear file	. Alice clear file
Alice postcard set	. Mad Tea Party clear file	. Small Door clear file

Please click the images or links above for more details and up to date arrival dates.

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Yoko/Kaname Ozuma Art Book

Posted on: Dec 2, 2025

A gorgeous new book by OZUMA - Yoko Ozuma for his bondage/torture artworks and Kaname Ozuma for his tattooed beauties. Born in 1939, OZUMA was the pioneer of bondage artwork with tattooed beauties. "The World of Tattooed Bondage Beauties" has a translucent dust jacket, red page edges, JP/EN essays, and special "stay flat" binding so that the artwork is not destroyed in the middle when printed across two pages.

Yoko-Kaname Ozuma The World of Tattooed Bondage Beauties

OZUMA was also published in "KINBAKU The Golden Age of Japanese Restrained & Tortured Artworks" book!

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New Daisuke Ichiba Book

Posted on: Nov 21, 2025

A brand new, self-published book by Daisuke Ichiba is now available. "19999" is a 100 page softcover book, hand signed 'BADA' inside the back cover. Book has zero text/filler pages and is absolutely packed with artworks - drawings, sketches, photo collages, nonsense text blocks, etc.

Click the images or links above for more details.

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Takato Yamamoto Restock + New

Posted on: Oct 27, 2025

A little restock of Takato Yamamoto small goods including clear files and postcard sets PLUS some brand new postcard sets and two new handkerchiefs!

NEW ITEMS
"Vampire" Postcard Set	"Skull" Postcard Set	Cotton Handkerchief

RESTOCKED ITEMS
"Nosferatu - Attachment" Clear File	"Nosferatu - Blood and Rose" Clear File	"Nosferatu - Joy" Clear File	"Nosferatu - Love" Clear File
"Nosferatu - Red Sheets" Clear File	"Vampire" Clear File	"Vampire Fairy Demon" Clear File
"Allure of Pharmakon" postcard set	"Japonesthetique" postcard set	"Shintoku-Maru" postcard

Please click the images or links above for more information.

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A Few New Em Nishizuka Items

Posted on: Sep 30, 2025

On the way to the EU shipping location, some new items made by Em Nishizuka! There's a new 20 page book "Parasitic Blind Love", your choice of SIX new stickers each about 8-9cm, and one new rubber keychain of a girl hugging a nautilus.

Em Nishizuka Parasitic Blind Love SIGNED

"Parasitic Blind Love"
Em Nishizuka art book

six new stickers
by Em Nishizuka

nautilus rubber keychain
by Em Nishizuka

Items are expected to arrive to the EU location around mid-October. USA should receive before the end of October.

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New Suehiro Maruo English Manga!

Posted on: Aug 31, 2025

Just added - "Beautiful Monster" a brand new English translation of sixteen Suehiro Maruo stories previously published in Japanese from 1981-1983 plus one from 2000. There are two essays (by Suehiro Maruo and Michiro Endo) and stories from "Rose Colored Monster", "DDT", and "Ultra Gash Inferno". Fresh from the publisher!

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AkaTako Updates

Posted on: Aug 19, 2025

It's been a fairly quiet summer because AkaTako is preparing a big change - opening a physical shop / art gallery in Berlin, Germany! The visa application was approved in September!! Fingers crossed for a grand opening exhibition in early 2026.

You can sign up to receive an email invitation here (or click this link):

Further updates will be posted here and to social media as well.

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New Kozue Kuroki Postcards

Posted on: May 9, 2025

Just added, two postcard sets with Kozue Kuroki's dreamy artworks. Now a total of three sets available! All of the cards are 3.9" x 5.75" (10 x 14.8cm) and include little detail images with the artwork title/year printed on the reverse.