Breeds / Akita

Akita images, transparent background

Nine standard views of the Akita, on a transparent background.

Free previews: transparent WebP, 512 and 1024 pixels, with a credit link. Full size: transparent PNG, 2048 pixels, with a plan. AI-generated illustrations.

About the Akita

The Akita Inu (秋田犬, Akita inu, Akitaken; Japanese pronunciation: [ä̀.kʲi̥.tä́ ì.nɨ̀, -í.nɨ́, -ké̞ɴ́]) is a Japanese working dog breed of large size. Originating from the mountains of northern Japan, the Akita has a short double coat similar to that of many other northern spitz breeds. The breed traces its roots to the Matagi Inu, a chūgata ken (medium-sized dog) historically used by the Matagi—traditional hunters of the Tōhoku region—for tracking and subduing large game such as tsukinowaguma (Japanese black bear), inoshishi (wild boar) and kamoshika (Japanese serow) in snow-covered mountain terrain.

Text from the Wikipedia article Akita (dog breed), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The same view for every breed

Every breed in the catalog is drawn from the same nine angles, so you can compare them side by side: front, front three-quarter, left, left side, rear three-quarter, left, rear, rear three-quarter, right, right side, front three-quarter, right, head portrait.

Use these images

Previews up to 1024 pixels are free to reuse with a visible credit link. Copy this next to the image:

<a href="https://dogimage.dev/dogs/akita">Akita image: Dog Image API</a>

Fetch a preview, no key needed:

curl -L "https://dogimage.dev/api/v1/images/akita/default/front-left?size=1024" -o akita.webp

Full-size transparent 2048 pixel PNG, with a plan:

curl "https://dogimage.dev/api/v1/images/akita/default/front-left?size=full" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOG_IMAGE_API_KEY" -o akita.png