pTa.shop, an on-demand print T-shirt store run by ICE Inc., has added three new T-shirt designs to its lineup built around the artwork of illustrator Chiba Kotaro, on sale since August 10, 2026 (Monday). The new pieces — pinoko, LITH, and Ramen Gacho — are graphic T-shirts based on artwork by Chiba Kotaro, a popular illustrator known for book cover art and other work published widely in Japan and overseas.
Delicate, Original Art You Can Wear
Chiba Kotaro creates work for a wide range of book covers, advertising, and packaging in Japan and overseas. Known for decorative, meticulously detailed linework and a distinctive graphic style where sweetness and unease sit side by side, the illustrator's artwork has now been turned into stylish T-shirts for everyday wear. The collection spans a hushed world built from fragments of dreams to a modern take on ukiyo-e composition rendered as contemporary nishiki-e-style prints, with each design carrying the striking presence of a complete painting.
New Designs: pinoko, LITH, and Ramen Gacho
pinoko
A fantastical design that gathers fragments of a dream into a single piece: a girl murmuring "ONAKA SUITA," a polka-dot hill, and a floating cube. Chiba Kotaro's delicate linework shines through, with every strand of hair and blade of grass carefully drawn. The restrained color palette makes it an easy, sophisticated piece for everyday wear.
LITH
An arresting piece that captures Chiba Kotaro's signature style: a girl looking down, with a jet-black serpent coiled behind her. Set against a beautiful deep-green world where sweetness and unease sit in tension, the design is placed as a large print across the front. Paired with simple bottoms, it becomes the standout piece in any outfit.
Ramen Gacho
A modern nishiki-e-style graphic depicting two girls slurping ramen beneath lettering styled after an ukiyo-e publisher's signboard and a paper lantern. Borrowing the composition and color palette of Edo-period prints, the design is worked out in meticulous detail, down to the price tag and lettering, like a single woodblock print. The tall composition, accented with pink, gives it the polished feel of wearing a framed painting.
pinoko (white)
pinoko (black)
LITH (white)
LITH (black)
Ramen Gacho (white)
Ramen Gacho (black)
Sale Details
- Sale start date: August 10, 2026 (Monday)
- Items: T-shirts (3 designs)
- Price: ¥4,950 (tax included)
- Color variations: white, black
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Product page: https://p-t-a.shop/collections/ice?filter.p.m.custom.keywords=%23%E3%83%81%E3%83%90%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6
