Now in stock, cotton canvas reusable shopping bag featuring artwork by Toshio Saeki! Easily hangs on your shoulder and stands at the ready to help you carry your stuff around.
Welcome to AkaTako - your Berlin, Germany, 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.
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 ITEMS
THE LATEST NEWS
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Two very difficult to find Romain Slocombe books are now in stock! "L'Art Medical" is new to AkaTako and packed with art, photos, and inspirations; "Les Japonaises Blessees" is back once more and signed with a small original drawing.
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| "L'Art Medical" | "Les Japonaises Blessees" |
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"TOKYO BLUE" is also back in stock!
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A lovely surreal original drawing by Shintaro Kago is now available. She's got her school uniform on, lit candles coming out of her head, and some serious confusion on her face.
Ships direct from New York, NY to you!
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Actual photos of the special edition of Etsuko Miura's "Eucharist" have just been added. Etsuko Miura made the special leather covers herself and there are only 50 of them in existence. The book includes a clear acrylic display case.
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"Pandora's Key" is now in stock - 48 pages of gorgeous photos of nana7nano by Kenichi Murata. Book is signed inside the front cover and includes three individually signed postcards too!
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Now available for pre-order, Tama's latest book "Secret Mode". The book will be released on June 30th and will be shipping to you in early July. "Secret Mode" is a larger size - same size as the "Lost Garden" book.
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Sadly, the new Toshio Saeki prints had to be removed from this page. Mr. Saeki requested they not be posted here.
Please email if you have any questions.
佐伯さん、なぜAkaTakoが好きではありませんか？
AkaTako佐伯さんが大好きです。
私は佐伯さんのアートワークを促進したい。
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Etsuko Miura has completed the work of making each leather cover by hand for her special edition of "Eucharist". There were only 50 of these made! Cover photo is the actual one AkaTako is selling. More photos will be added as soon as it arrives (June 13 +/-).
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| Etsuko Miura Eucharist special edition |
The special edition includes a clear acrylic display case.
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After a few delays, the new Ishinomaki wetsuit bags for CREATION PROJECT 2013 featuring Fuco Ueda or Takato Yamamoto artwork are now available for pre-order! Production of the Takato Yamamoto bag is slightly delayed but the Fuco Ueda bag should arrive soon.
(EDIT: both bags have arrived and are ready to order!)
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| Fuco Ueda Ishinomaki Bag | Takato Yamamoto Ishinomaki Bag |
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Now available for pre-order and expected to arrive May 23 +/-! Eight brand new giclée prints of some of Shintaro Kago's most famous illustrations. Signed and numbered limited edition of 50 each.
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Additional images and details will be added soon!
Update: prints have arrived, additional photos have been added.