Hideo Takeda was born in 1948. Lawrence Smith of the British Museum suggests that, "He expresses the humor, pathos, cruelty, and sheer absurdity of life.:

Takeda's work contains brilliant color, a fascination with pattern and dynamic movement.

His warriors are clad in tattoos rather than armor. Women are depicted sometimes as horses or ships.

Takeda is perhaps the next great artist of bizarre imagery in Japanese prints.

Museums: One man show at the British Museum.