Just arrived today - three styles of Japanese rope bondage dolls by Kitanya Design Factory. Each doll is on a wood base and measures around 4 1/2" tall (actual sizes listed on item pages).
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| Black Mask Bunny | Red Mask Cat | Rope Master Cat |
Super cute shibari dolls look great and are a nice surprise in a bookshelf of collectibles! Added 360° views on tumblr: bunny, cat, and rope master.
++ Just about every kinbaku charm is back in stock - including the original rope master cat.
Very special limited edition poster by Trevor Brown. Only 50 pieces will be printed - all signed and numbered. Now available for pre-order, they should arrive mid-September and will ship to you as soon as I get them.
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| Alice Kowai Poster |
Posters measure approximately 16.5" x 23.4" (42 x 59.4cm) and are on heavyweight paper.
Official post on Trevor Brown's blog.
Seven more original paintings by Hikari Shimoda have been added (for a total of nine!). Most of them are watercolors of her melancholic blond kids wearing bunny rabbit ears.
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| Celebration 1 | Celebration 2 | Celebration 3 | Flower and Girl |
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| Midnight Birthday Party | Rabbit | Rabbit Girl 2011 |
Original paintings can be purchased after you receive a shipping quote. Just click "inquire" on the one you're interested in to receive a shipping estimate tailored to your location and preferences.
After several people have said the Tama mini posters look better in person and that the online images don't do them justice, I've added two additional zoomed in detail images for EACH poster. You can really see the quality and the incredible colors in the close ups. Click any thumbnails below to go to that poster and see the new images full size.
Get your fix of Japanese art with Talking Heads (TH) art magazines. Even if you can't read Japanese there is PLENTY to look at. These fat little magazines are full of art and web links. Each magazine has around 30 full color pages with images by their featured artists. After that are black and white images + text.
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| TH No. 44 | TH No. 44 | TH No. 44 |
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| TH No. 45 | TH No. 45 | TH No. 45 |
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| TH No. 47 | TH No. 47 | TH No. 47 |
Each magazine has it's own theme:
No. 44 "Fables of Purity ~ Fairy tales of virginity and impurity"
No. 45 "Melancholic Body ~ The pitiful but beautiful body's favorite knowledge"
No. 47 "Pseudo-Human ~ Anatomy of the half-human"
And is PACKED with dozens and dozens of artists. Please check out each one for a partial listing.
Aaaaaw.... I just want to hug them and tell them it's going to be ok. Even if it's not true. Kenichi Koyama paints melancholic girls who are prone to self injury - especially with scissors. Not a single boy to be found in the book, only girls hanging out with other sad girls. In the hospital, at the piano, at school desks, in bed, everywhere.
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Very nicely written review of "Melancholy Girls" by Trevor Brown on his blog.
Two gorgeous ORIGINAL paintings by Hikari Shimoda are now available on AkaTako. They are "Funeral of Character" and "Rabbit Boy" and each captures Hikari's skill at making cute things slightly unnerving.
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| Funeral of Character | Rabbit Boy |
The paintings' effect is even more powerful in person! I hope to continue bringing you more works by this up-and-coming Japanese artist.
New Makoto Aida book "La Trentaine" is over forty pages of his works when he was in his 30's. Lots of full-color pages of art PLUS bilingual text in Japanese and English - interviews, artist statements, show descriptions, etc.
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Also added Makoto Aida's CV with an extensive list of his past exhibitions.
