Twenty-six brand new styles of kinbaku charms by Kitanya Design Factory have just been added! In stock for both USA and EU shipping locations. (Additional images will be added soon for all new charms.)
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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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Three young Japanese artists were tasked with creating a collection of works on the same theme "Wandering to Dream". Each book is 36 pages long and gives you the unique perspective of Chika Tanikawa, Em Nishizuka, and Mika Nitta. Books are a limited edition of 250 pieces each.
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| Yume ni Samayou Chika Tanikawa | Yume ni Samayou Em Nishizuka | Yume ni Samayou Mika Nitta |
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Kenichi Murata's latest photography book "Angel Collection", an out of print 1st edition copy of Junko Mizuno's Hell Babies, and a zippered pouch with Makiko Sugawa's artwork on both sides!
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| Kenichi Murata Angel Collection | Junko Mizuno Hell Babies 1st Ed. | Makiko Sugawa Zippered Pouch |
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I've found a near perfect copy of Volume 1 of "My Fair Fat Lady" and a book from 1980 that I have never seen before! "Maddening Love" has an amazing collection of Namio Harukawa works in a range of styles (and a wide range of subject matter too).
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| Namio Harukawa My Fair Fat Lady Vol 1 | Namio Harukawa Maddening Love |
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Actual photos just added of the new Trevor Brown enamel pins "Asobimasho 2001" and "Seppuku". Pins are in stock in both USA and EU shipping locations. Officially licensed by Trevor Brown.
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A new artist to AkaTako! I met Chika Yamada in Tokyo and was drawn to her big blue schoolgirls surveying the world around them. Sometimes they dominate their surroundings and sometimes they are overwhelmed by them. I hope you like her works as much as I do!
Artist produced book, signed with a small original drawing:
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Now available, lots of new pins, stickers, postcards, and a 2019 calendar featuring The cute and sometimes twisted watercolor art of Tama.
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Tama 2019 Calendar
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Now in stock at both EU and USA locations, four books, five stickers, and three buttons featuring the very cute and imaginative insect artwork of Em Nishizuka.
| BOOKS: |  "Bug's Tale" |  "Kimono Scene" |  "Summer Specimen" |  "UGOMEK" | |
| STICKERS: |  Angel |  Devil |  Sailor |  Blue Nurse |  Pink Nurse |
| BUTTONS: |  Imomafu |  Blue Nurse |  Red Nurse |
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A handful of rare books are back in stock now! Including Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Makoto Aida, Suehiro Maruo, Toshio Saeki, and Trevor Brown.
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Finally confirmed, Takato Yamamoto's brand new book "Nosferatu" is available for pre-order! There's three versions of the book (all signed), t-shirts, clear files, a poster, and buttons. Items have arrived and are in stock. Limited edition of 75 is sold out, limited edition of 500 is almost sold out.
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