Takato Yamamoto

Publications by and about Takato Yamamoto (山本 タカト) — Japanese illustrator, born 1960 in Akita Prefecture, working across Ero guro and contemporary art. Known for the "Heisei estheticism" style developed from Ukiyo-e Pop.

Takato Yamamoto — 山本 タカト

Takato Yamamoto was born in Akita Prefecture, Japan, in 1960. He studied in the painting department of Tokyo Zokei University before turning to illustration as his primary medium. His first solo exhibition was held in Tokyo in 1998, marking the public emergence of a visual language he had been developing for years.

Yamamoto's early work engaged with Ukiyo-e Pop — a mode that draws on the formal conventions of Edo-period woodblock printing and repositions them within a contemporary register. From this foundation he refined what he terms "Heisei estheticism": a style defined by extreme graphic precision, ornamental density, and imagery that occupies the territory of Ero guro, where the erotic and the grotesque are held in deliberate, unresolved tension. The line work is meticulous; the palette, when present, is restrained and ceremonial.

Lokator100 carries publications associated with Yamamoto within its broader holdings in Art & Illustration Books. Titles produced through specialist Japanese publishers — including those issued by Editions Treville, long associated with Yamamoto's printed output — appear in the collection where stock allows. Each item is documented with care and dispatched in the condition described.

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