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MUSEUM OF WORLD WONDERS (ROGUE TAXIDERMY ART)
Shown in this page are selected rogue taxidermy artworks, curiosities, freaks, and oddities by Dr. Takeshi Yamada, on display and sale at the Takeshi Yamada's Museum of World Wonders in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. For the museum's educational outreach programs, some of these were also displayed at numerous educational and cultural institutions. Examples of them include the American Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Long Island University, Berkeley College, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Brownsboro Gallery, Salt Marsh Nature Center, Orchard Beach Nature Center, TCG Gallery, Arsenal Gallery, Vandar Plas Gallery, Peltz Gallery, Shinsen Gallery, Bell House, Keyspan Baseball Stadium, Dreamland Amusement Park, etc. These were also featured in over 500 youtube videos, created by his passionate fans and followers around the world.          MOWW1          MOWW2          MOWW3

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Heaven and Hell monster by Dr. Takeshi Yamada, as seen on the AMC cable television series, Immortalized in 2013.
CONTENTS
-Space Alien Skulls
-Humanoid Creatures (Cryptids, Mythic)
-Freak Human Babies
-Human Oddities: Freaks, Shrunken Human Head, Freak Hands, Space Alien Hands
-Six-fingered Alchemists
-Four-eyed Muse, Six-eyed Muse, Goddess with Multiple Eyes
-Humanoid (Avian): Fairies
-Humanoid (Terrestrial): Chupacabra, Homunculus
-Humanoid (Aquatic): Mermaids, Mermen, Human-faced Fish
-Furry Animals
-Birds

-Dragons (Avian)
-Dragons (Aquatic): Giant Sea Serpent, Sea Dragons, Japanese Ryūjin (Dragon God, 龍神)
-Reptiles: Snakes, Alligators, Tortoises, Turtles
Amphibians: Frogs, Salamanders
-Fish (Non-humanoid)
-Hermit Creatures
-Arthropods (Terrestrial): Insects, Spiders, Scorpions

-Arthropods (Aquatic): Horseshoe Crabs, Crabs, Shrimps, Sea Scorpions, Sea Centipedes, Trilobites
-Mollusks (Terrestrial): Octopus, Squids, Snails, Slugs
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Mollusks (Aquatic): Octopus, Squids, Snails, Slugs, Clams, Mussels
-Echinoderm (Terrestrial): Tree Starfish, Dragon's Scales


-Echinoderm (Aquatic): Starfish, Sand Dollars, Sea Cucumber, Sea Apple, Feather Star, Sea Lily
-Worms: Mongolian Death Worm, Giant Terrestrial Flat Worms
-Fungi: Mushrooms, Molds, Extraterrestrial Silicon Life Forms
-Carnivorous Plants
-Horseshoe Crab Artworks
-Paranormal Phenomena: "Deer Mutilation" with "Time Gap Effect" 
-Quantum Mechanics: "Yamada's Cat" (Space-Time Paradox, Counterpart to the Schrödinger's cat.)
-Man with Hollow Legs & Arms
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REFERENCE
Exhibitions: Cabinet of Curiosities & Wunderkammer (Wonder Room)

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TV News, Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Greeting Cards, Exhibition Announcement Cards, etc.
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TV Shows

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Articles I-I
Articles II-I
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LINKS
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Space Alien Skulls
Humanoid Creatures (Cryptid, Mythic)
Freak Human Babies

Human Oddities: Freaks, Shrunken Human Heads, Freak Hands, Space Alien Hands

Six-fingered Alchemists
Four-eyed Muses, Six-eyed Muses, Goddesses with Multiple Eyes
Humanoids (Avian): Fairies

Humanoids (Terrestrial): Chupacabra, Homunculus

Humanoids (Aquatic): Mermaids, Mermen, Human-faced Fish

Furry Animals

Birds

Dragons (Avian)

Dragons (Aquatic): Giant Sea Serpents, Sea Dragons, Japanese Ryūjin (Dragon God, 龍神)

Reptiles: Snakes, Alligators, Tortoises, Turtles

Amphibians: Frogs, Salamanders

Fish (Non-humanoid)

Hermit Creatures

Arthropods (Terrestrial): Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, Land Crabs

Arthropods (Aquatic): Horseshoe Crabs, Crabs, Shrimps, Sea Scorpions, Sea Centipedes, Trilobites
Mollusks (Terrestrial): Octopus, Squids, Snails, Slugs

Mollusks (Aquatic): Octopus, Squids, Nautiluses, Clams, Mussels, Snails, Ammonites, Slugs

Echinoderms (Terrestrial): Tree Starfish, Dragon's Scales

Echinoderms (Aquatic): Starfish, Sand Dollars, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Apples, Feather Stars, Sea Lilies

Worms: Mongolian Death Worm, Giant Terrestrial Flat Worms

Fungi: Mushrooms, Funguses, Molds, Extraterrestrial Silicon Life Forms

Carnivorous Plants
Yamada was a member of the International Carnivorous Plants Society in Walnut Creek, California. Yamada also produced annual "Carnivorous Plants" fine art exhibition and educational events at the Yamada Art Center in the West Side Gallery District in Chicago, Illinois when he lived there.

Exotic Plants
Flowers are sexual organs of seed-bearing plants. A series of imaginary "Exotic Plants" were created by Yamada for the nation-wide traveling X-rated adult fine art exhibition entitled "Sextablos". These 10x8 inch acrylic paintings were rendered on the zinc plates.

Horseshoe Crab Artworks

LINK: NEW YORK HORSESHOE CRAB RESEARCH CENTER

LINK: ARTICLE: SIDESHOWWORLD
Artifacts Salvaged from the Dreamland Fire of 1911 (Plaques and Signs)
Marvels (Paranormal Phenomena)
"Deer Mutilation" with "Time Gap Effect"
"Yamada's Cat" (Quantum Mechanics,
Space-Time Paradox, Counterpart to the "Schrödinger's Cat")

(Click the picture below for a larger image and detailed descriptions.)
Human Oddity (Freak)
"Man with Hollow Legs & Arms"
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REFERENCE

Exhibitions: Cabinet of Curiosities & Wunderkammer (Wonder Room)

TV News, Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Greeting Cards, Exhibition Announcement Cards, etc.
TV Shows
See the page entitled TV SHOWS for details about his two giant rogue taxidermy monsters featured in the new AMC unscripted television series IMMORTALIZED in 2013.   CLICK HERE
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Articles I-I

Artist's Statement: CREATURES AS ART SUPPLIES: Freak Human Babies Made of Real Human Skins, Flesh, and blood. (Originally published in amusingthezillion.com on November 22, 2009.)  LINK1    LINK2
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LINKS & NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE

Museum of world Wonders 3
Museum of world Wonders 2
Museum of world Wonders 1
God of Freaks, King of Rogue Taxidermy: Takeshi Yamada
Welcome to the Monstrous Menagerie of Takeshi Yamada
The Wall Street Journal, NY: The Taxidermist's Companion
Recommended GO Brooklyn Studio: Takeshi Yamada
Time. Yamada's Mongolian Death Worm
Spider Dog, Lucky Daredevil Thrillshow
GoBrooklynArt Studio Tour Event
VIDEO: Immortalized Clip - Meet Takeshi Yamada
VIDEO: (SPOILERS) The Final Reveal Episode 108: Immortalized
VIDEO: (SPOILERS) The Final Reveal Episode 103: Immortalized
VIDEO: Caught In The Act: Takeshi Yamad, Rogue Taxidermist
VIDEO: Rogue Taxidermy (Nate Hill and Takeshi Yamada)
VIDEO: VISUAL SIGNATURES: featuring Takeshi Yamada
VIDEO: Sea Rabbit

VIDEO: New York Magazine: Taxidermy Contest
EW: VIDEO: Chinese Vampire Monkey
VIDEO: The Chinese Vampire Monkey
VIDEO: Japanese TV: cryptids, Mongolian Death Worm
VIDEO: Japanese: cryptids: Mongolian Death Worm

VIDEO: 
"5 penemuan hewan aneh#Takeshi Yamada peneliti asal jepang" (5 strange animal discoveries # Takeshi Yamada a researcher from Japan)

A Curious Menagerie of Mutant taxidermy (2017.12.04)
EW: Story: Chinese Vampire Monkey
WELCOME TO THE MONSTROUS MENAGERIE OF TAKESHI YAMADA
Ten of Takeshi Yamada collection
Artist Takeshi Yamada expands on his body of work in AMC’s ‘Immortalized’ 
Takeshi Yamada – Rogue Taxidermist
Wall Street Journal: The Taxidermist's Companion
VV The Stuffing Dreams Are Made Of
NY TIMES: Stuffed, to the Limits of the Imagination
SMITHSONIAN: Outrageous Taxidermy, the Subject of a New Show on AMC
AZ Art of the Day: Freak Taxidermy Skull by Takeshi Yamada
AZ Coney Island Artist Takeshi Yamada’s Post-Sandy Odyssey
AZ Posts Tagged ‘Takeshi Yamada’
SW: Sea Rabbit
SW: Yamada on his Samurai Warrior Masks
SW: Takeshi Yamada's Museum of World Wonders at BWAC, 2006
Takeshi's Gallery - Hissers and giant bugs (gaffs)
About: Snake Baby
The Secret Science Club’s Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest 2010
Screen Play: Freaks from Brooklyn
Long Live Taxidermy! 2007
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: animal stuffing contest, 2014 preview
Takeshi Yamada & Taxidermy Contest Return to Bell House, 2014
The Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest Was Very Strange, Indeed,2014 
2014 Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest, WINNERS
Takeshi Yamada and Seara at the Bell House taxidermy contest, 2014
Takeshi Yamada, Winner of the Taxidermy Contest, 2014
Soul:Ask: Yamada's Giant Sea Serpent
Yamada at the Salt Marsh Nature Center
Mongolian Death Worm - A Shocking Surprise in the Gobi? 
Cornell University, BIOG 1445
NY: Coney Island Eviction Protest
RICHARD FREEMAN: The Cabinet of Dr Yamada, Part 1
REPOST: KARL SHUKER: GIANT SEA SERPENTS AND CHUPACABRA SNAILS
PHOTO&STORY: OVGUIDE: Watch Limulus Phoenix Video

YOMITIME: Rogue Super Artist: full page interview:
YOMITIME: Rogue Super Artist: full page interview (page format)


japanrealm: Meet The Rogue Taxidermist Artist Takeshi Yamada And His Odd Creations

Extensive Story: boredomtherapy: Tree Octopus


Extensive article of Takeshi Yamada: Japanrealm: Meet The Rogue Taxidermist Artist Takeshi Yamada And His Odd Creations

Alien skull: disclosed.tv
Alien skull
Fortune Favors The Bold: Parlor Gallery

Pintertainment: Hotel breakfast, LA
Pintertainment, beach, LA
Pintertainment, Los Angels International Airport 1
Pintertainment: Los Angels International Airport 2
Pintertainment: Heaven and Hell monster
PHOTO: 35 photos

PHOTO: 2006 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, fossilized fairy
PHOTO: 2006 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, G1, 9 photos
PHOTO: 2007 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, G1, sea rabbit, ghosts
PHOTO: 2006 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, G2, 10 photos
PHOTO: 2009 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, G1, 4 photos
PHOTO: 2010 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, G1, 4 photos
PHOTO: 2010 photo h, paranormal.about, G2, 3photos
PHOTO: 2011 photo hoax contest, paranormal.about, G1, 3 photos
PHOTO LINKS: Takeshi Yamada in paranormal.about, 


​2018 A Curious Menagerie of Mutant Taxidermy
2018 Polar Bear Swim, Coney Island
Immortalized Q&A – Immortalizer Takeshi Yamada
Immortalized: Takeshi Yamada, short bio
Immortalized Q&A – Immortalizer Takeshi Yamada
Judge Brian Posehn on Takeshi Yamada's rogue taxidermy
Judge Paul Rhymer on Takeshi Yamada's rogue taxidermy
Getty Images: AMC Immortalized
Tag Archives: Takeshi Yamada
Person of Interest: Takeshi Yamada
Alumnus Puts Sideshow Art at the Forefront
Rogue Taxidermists Create New Life– and New Species
NYC Posers: Takeshi Yamada
Category: Rogue taxidermyTakeshi Yamada
Stuff it! Bell House hosts wacky taxidermy night
VIDEO: WNYC: Brooklyn Caught in the Act
Sea Serpent Carcass or Gaff?
Tag Archives: takeshi yamada snake baby 
LIBRARY: useum of World Wonders: Cabinet of Curiosities
Recommended GO Brooklyn Studio: Takeshi Yamada
TIME OUT NY: The best (and worst) of 2007
Tag Archives: Takeshi Yamada’s Museum of World Wonders 
BSAG member listing: Takeshi Yamada
Sea Rabbit at the Rabbit Island in Senergal, Africa?! 
Coney Island Sea Rabbits & Benbecula Mermaids
Z:Takeshi Yamada Pictures
2009 The Wreath: Interpretations - Yamada's African turtle
2010 Contemporary Wreaths On View in Central Park
BB: Takeshi Yamada's curious taxidermy creations
IMGUR: Takeshi Yamada's 20 Best Rogue Taxidermy Artworks
Spexy 1
Spexy2
Spexy 3
Coney Island Brand Exotic Canned Foods (20110415)
The Yamada Texts
Vampire Monkey
El Burlador: Coney Island Brand Exotic Canned Foods


http://elburlador.blogspot.com/2011/05/enlatados-siniestros.html
The Claw: propnomicon

Tumblr: Takeshi Yamada
Pinterest: Takeshi Yamada
PHOTOS: pintest: global food book 
PHOTOS: galleryhip
PHOTOS: Dinosaurs? You mean Dragons…
PHOTO: Giant Sea Serpent

PHOTOS: Pintest: Rogue Taxidermy
PHOTOS: Pintest: Takeshi Yamada
PHOTOS: Pintest: Chupacabra and Chupacabra Snail
(Yamada's rogue taxidermy artworks are featured in many pages of Pintest)
PHOTO: boards.na.leagueoflegends: prehistoric lobster
PHOTO: 10 sinais: exotic canned foods
PHOTO: scp-wiki.net/scp-075: Chupacabra Snail

PHOTO: iherp: snake baby, tree octopus, spider dog, terrestrial planaria

PHOTOS: Zekisources: MOWW rogue taxidermy photos
PHOTOS: kerjarumahku: 10 discoveries of Dr. Yamada
PHOTO: cool cosplayer: Sea Gerbil


PHOTO: JAPANESE: Mongolian Death Worm

PHOTO: flickeriver: drtakeshiyamada

PHOTO: toyodakinoko: Skull Mushroom
PHOTO: Mycology: Skull Mushroom

PHOTO: Yamada by Kellen-Garcia

Skull Appreciation Society: Real Alien Skull 

Alien Skull Found in Africa












This is the official fine art website of the Japanese-American artist, rogue taxidermist, educator, and author, Takeshi Yamada (山田 武司). Images contained on this website may not be used or reproduced in any manner without the explicit permission of the artist.  For information on obtaining the rights to use images on this site, contact Takeshi Yamada at takeshiyamadaart@gmail.com with “image licensing” as the subject line.    
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Clearly Spelled Out and Firmly Written Legal Disclaimers: This is the official art website of the New York artist Dr. Takeshi Yamada, featuring his artworks. These artworks are fictional and made with the figments of his imaginations, despite their extremely convincing and believable appearances. These artworks were created for stirring people's imagination, uplifting their spirit, and hopefully opening their mind's eyes to see mysteries and wonders around us. Some of these were also created and presented in the time-honored, traditional and flamboyant style of the classical European Cabinet of Curiosities and the modern American circus sideshows (Dime Museums, freak shows). Therefore, their any resemblance to the people, things, matters, events, etc. in the real life are mere coincidental. 
Specifically, the "Museum of World Wonders" and "Coney Island University", "Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center", "New York Horseshoe Crab Research Center", "Coney Island UFO Research Center", "Coney Island Entomology Department", "Center for Medical Mycology", "Coney Island Fine Foods International", and etc. are names of the art projects and the totality of artworks, created by Dr. Takeshi Yamada. MOWW was not created by any other human(s) on this planet or intelligent humanoid life form(s) from outer space, whatsoever. Any organizations and companies, that exist in this world with the same names are not related to these, and any similarities to them are purely accidental.
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