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Fuji and phoenix
© Harai Kayomi / Studio Oz

2016: Fuji and phoenix (Kayomi)

A phoenix in dazzling colours, set against red Fuji in the background - a traditional composition, yet in Kayomi's distinctive "feathery" style of painting.

Detail

No biographical details available. She signs her given name Kayomi in Roman letters.

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 2016 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E23302 (23-302 on box)
Retail price ¥3600 (approx. US$48.65 €37.11 £30.77)
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Tashiroike
© Epoch
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1518: Tashiroike

High in the Japan Alps, the highest chain of mountains running north-south across the main island, the banks of this winding lake are fringed with wild azaleas.

More about wild azaleas in Sano Gallery

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1518 pieces; 102 x 34 cm (40" x 13")
Code: E18502 (18-502 on box)
Retail price ¥2500 (approx. US$33.78 €25.77 £21.37)
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Mist on the cliffs (Kitayama)
© Morita Toshitaka
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1500: Mist on the cliffs (Kitayama) (Morita)

Some of Japan's wildest and most beautiful scenery lies in the Rikuchu Coast National Park... Gnarled pines cling in gravity-defying poses on the rugged cliff, and the sun breaks through the morning mist to complete the impression of grandeur.

Born 1946 in Osaka, Morita set out as a freelance scenic photographer in 1975. He has had numerous collections of his work published in book form, as well as calendars and other media, and continues a punishing schedule, spending 200 days a year tramping the Japanese archipelago for material. (Morita is his family name.)

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Apollo puzzle: 1500 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: P15113 (15-113 on box)
Retail price ¥2600 (approx. US$35.14 €26.80 £22.22)
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Thatched cottage (Hiroshima)
© Morita Toshitaka
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1500: Thatched cottage (Hiroshima) (Morita)

An idyllic scene in late spring: this thatched cottage, with its accompanying kura (storehouse) is reflected in a newly flooded paddy field, the scene completed by a cherry in full flower and a splendid set of koinobori (carp streamers for boys' day).

The house is preserved in Bihoku Park, in Shobara (Hiroshima Prefecture).

Born 1946 in Osaka, Morita set out as a freelance scenic photographer in 1975. He has had numerous collections of his work published in book form, as well as calendars and other media, and continues a punishing schedule, spending 200 days a year tramping the Japanese archipelago for material. (Morita is his family name.)

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Apollo puzzle: 1500 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: P15111 (15-111 on box)
Retail price ¥2600 (approx. US$35.14 €26.80 £22.22)
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Silver birch avenue in Hokkaido
© Morita Toshitaka
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1500: Silver birch avenue in Hokkaido (Morita)

The landscape of northern island of Hokkaido is very different from the rest of Japan—the climate is distinctly cooler, and even though the latitude is that of northern Italy, one is reminded of Scandinavia. This elegant avenue of silver birches is near the city of Kitami, close to the Sea of Okhotsk.

Born 1946 in Osaka, Morita set out as a freelance scenic photographer in 1975. He has had numerous collections of his work published in book form, as well as calendars and other media, and continues a punishing schedule, spending 200 days a year tramping the Japanese archipelago for material. (Morita is his family name.)

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Apollo puzzle: 1500 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: P15117 (15-117 on box)
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Tropical beach in Japan
© Epoch
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1500: Tropical beach in Japan

Japan is not usually thought of as tropical, but the chain of islands extending from Kyushu to Okinawa includes many coral islands, an unexploited paradise destination...

We are not given a precise location, just "Kagoshima Prefecture", but this must be somewhere in the Amami island group.

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1500 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E15537 (15-537 on box)
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Mt. Fuji aerial view
© Studio Sato/Orion/Animaimages
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1500: Mt. Fuji aerial view

Aerial view from the north.

As Mount Olympus was the home of the Greek gods, so Mt. Fuji (3776 metres above sea level) has its place as the symbol of Japan. Although most popular tourist pictures show the view from the south, with the bullet train passing below Mount Fuji, the best views are from the north and east sides.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1500 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E15548 (15-548 on box)
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Friendly Jizo
© Kuroiwa Toyotaka

1014: Friendly Jizo (Kuroiwa)

The stone Jizo figures float - as though on clouds - on a lotus pond set in a scene of rustic tranquillity. The poem reads...

En atte deaimashita / Nakayoku ikimasho
Fortune made us meet / Let's be good friends
Detail

The artist was born in Nagano in 1947, and specialises in Buddhist themes, with a distinctive whimsically warm style. (Kuroiwa is his family name - he signs his pictures with a stylised seal of his given name, Toyotaka.)

* This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1014 pieces; 53 x 38 cm (21" x 15")
Code: E56013 (56-013 on box)
Retail price ¥2000 (approx. US$27.03 €20.62 £17.09)
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Hello Kitty in Florence
© Sanrio

1000: Hello Kitty in Florence

Hello Kitty visits Italy...

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: Y101124 (10-1124 on box)
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Hokkaido lavender fields
© Beverly Enterprises
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1000: Hokkaido lavender fields

A little cooler than most of Japan, the northern island of Hokkaido is ideal for flower growing. Here lavender stretches as far as the eye can see, even lending a purple haze to the distance.

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A Beverly puzzle: 1000 pieces; 72 x 49 cm (28" x 19")
Code: B100120 (100-120 on box)
Retail price ¥1980 (approx. US$26.76 €20.41 £16.92)
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Hokkaido sunset
© Yanoman
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1000: Hokkaido sunset

A dramatic sky, and a powerful impression of cold wilderness, yet amazingly this location (Hitsuji-ga-oka, lit. "Sheep-hill") is right on the outskirts of Sapporo.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: Y101085 (10-1085 on box)
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White tiger howl
© Harai Kayomi / Studio Oz

1000: White tiger howl (Kayomi)

The white tiger, one of the four protector gods, looking fierce in the moonlight. This puzzle can be combined with Golden dragon (code E11301) to make a 2000-piece panel; unusually, the tiger belongs on the right, because this is not the usual blue dragon of the east.

The box includes the Chinese reading 'Bai-hu' for "White tiger".

No biographical details available. She signs her given name Kayomi in Roman letters.

* This puzzle is cut to make pieces harder to find.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11302 (11-302 on box)
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Sunrise Jizo
© Kuroiwa Toyotaka
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1000: Sunrise Jizo (Kuroiwa)

Around Japan there are a number of these "husband-and-wife" rocks, joined by a hemp rope, but this view appears to be of the most famous: at Ise, also famed for beautiful sunrises. The six Jizo figures have their usual quizzical expressions, as they bring us the message above...

Kokoro-ga kuraku nattemo / kanarazu asahi-wa /noborimasu / Odayaka-ni / awatezu-ni
Even if you're down at heart, the sun is sure to rise tomorrow - so stay calm, don't rush
Detail

The artist was born in Nagano in 1947, and specialises in Buddhist themes, with a distinctive whimsically warm style. (Kuroiwa is his family name - he signs his pictures with a stylised seal of his given name, Toyotaka.)

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11178 (11-178 on box)
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Dawn Fuji, crashing waves
© Hamada Taisuke
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1000: Dawn Fuji, crashing waves (Taisuke)

Waves crashing into the shore provide a dramatic foreground to this traditional Red Fuji painting. Traditional not only in composition, but also in its luxurious metallic finish.

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1932, Hamada followed graduation from what is now the Kyoto City University of Arts with a career in art. He has had many successful exhibitions, both in Japan and in America, where he spent considerable time in the 1960s.

He signs his pictures traditionally, with his given name, Taisuke, and full-name seal.

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A Beverly puzzle: 1000 pieces; 72 x 49 cm (28" x 19")
Code: B91101 (91-101 on box)
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Kyoto moss garden
© Epoch
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1000: Kyoto moss garden

Though officially known as Saihôji, this temple is better known as Kokedera, the "Moss Temple", because of its expansive gardens entirely carpeted in moss (120 species, we're told). The temple was originally founded in the eighth century, and the garden restored in 1339.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11306 (11-306 on box)
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Gion, Kyoto
© Yoshida Keiji
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1000: Gion, Kyoto (Keiji)

A corner of the historical entertainment area of Kyoto, as a Maiko, or apprentice Geisha entertainer makes her way to her teahouse. The history of this area goes back a thousand years, and the buildings are now all preserved in their traditional state.

Born in 1930, in Gifu Prefecture, Yoshida Keiji graduated in 1952 from what is now the Tokyo University of the Arts, and trained as an architect. He was a joint founder of Rengousekkeisha Ichigaya Architects in Tokyo, and in addition has held academic appointments and written widely, particularly on wooden building construction and aspects of townscape. He is active in the movement to preserve the traditional Japanese townscape, which features in his many "travel sketches," together with views from wider travel around the world.

Yoshida is his family name.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11320 (11-320 on box)
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Enryakuji - Shiga
© Epoch
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1000: Enryakuji - Shiga

Although strictly in Shiga prefecture, this temple is part of the sacred mountain site of Hiei-san, on the Eastern outskirts of Kyoto. In this simple but peaceful scene, the temple building, with its bronze and stone lanterns, stands among the giant cryptomeria trees.

Background history: Wikipedia article

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E10600 (10-600 on box)
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Fuji from Kiyosato
© Yanoman
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1000: Fuji from Kiyosato

A distant view of Mt. Fuji, from the mountains to the north. Much of Japan is still unspoilt wilderness, and this puzzle includes a huge swathe of mixed forest, in gorgeous autumn hues. A classic Yanoman scenic puzzle, this should be challenging yet not tedious.

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Code: Y101083 (10-1083 on box)
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Mother ocean
© Kentaro Nishino

1000: Mother ocean (Nishino)

In this marine fantasy, a white tiger and her cub sit placid, as tropical fish swim around them.

Kentaro Nishino was born in 1980, in Kanazawa on the Japan Sea coast, and graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2003. He takes his inspiration from nature, while lending his own air of fantasy.

Nishino is his family name, but he signs his work "Kentaro N".

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11199 (11-199 on box)
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Kurashiki
© Epoch
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1000: Kurashiki

These distinctive town houses are a reminder of the burgeoning of a new merchant class in the late Edo era (late 18th and 19th centuries). This area of the city of Kurashiki has been designated an architectural preservation area since 1979.

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Code: E10660 (10-660 on box)
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Waterfront warehouses, Otaru
© Yoshida Keiji
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1000: Waterfront warehouses, Otaru (Keiji)

The northern island of Hokkaido was only opened up in the Meiji era (late 19th century), and Otaru became an important port then. This canal provided shelter for ships to unload even in rough weather, and the preserved warehouses date back to that time. They were modelled on building techniques imported from the West. They appear to be brick-built, but are actually timber-framed, with brick and stone outer cladding.

Born in 1930, in Gifu Prefecture, Yoshida Keiji graduated in 1952 from what is now the Tokyo University of the Arts, and trained as an architect. He was a joint founder of Rengousekkeisha Ichigaya Architects in Tokyo, and in addition has held academic appointments and written widely, particularly on wooden building construction and aspects of townscape. He is active in the movement to preserve the traditional Japanese townscape, which features in his many "travel sketches," together with views from wider travel around the world.

Yoshida is his family name.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11321 (11-321 on box)
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Vacation spot
© Epoch
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1000: Vacation spot

An idyllic place for a hammock — in the Maldive islands...

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Code: E10711 (10-711 on box)
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Memories of steam
© Tajima Tsuneo
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1000: Memories of steam

A historical shot of the C62 class locomotive number 47 pulling the Yuzuru express on the Joban line on 2nd August, 1966. This is the east coast main line north from Tokyo, in the brief interval when only the section north of Iwaki had not yet been electrified.

This is a lightly colorised version of a photograph taken by Tajima when still a schooboy.

Original photograph on photographer's website

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11188 (11-188 on box)
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Violet
© Studio Morita / Studio Oz Inc

500: Violet (Haruyo)

A delicate young model holds a gauzy purple veil, and just reveals on her sleeve an echo of Hokusai's "Wave."

Original title: Shiyu

The artist Morita Haruyo studied both Japanese art and kimono design, and she combines these with elements of her own Western-influenced technique. (She travelled to London in 1977, exactly the year I [Brian Chandler] first came to Tokyo.)

Morita is her family name: she follows the tradition of signing - and sealing - paintings with her given name only.

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An Epoch puzzle: 500 pieces; 38 x 53 cm (15" x 21")
Code: E06032 (06-032S on box)
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Kobe port firework display
© AFLO
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450: Kobe port firework display

Dazzling display of fireworks over Kobe port. This is a modern development out into the bay, including a pleasure park–the big wheel is prominent, though reduced to a solid blur by the long exposure needed to capture the fireworks.

A natural harbour and important port from ancient times, when Japan opened its doors to the world in 1868, Kobe became one of the principal points of foreign influence, together with Yokohama and Nagasaki, and it retains this cosmopolitan feel to this day.

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An Epoch puzzle: 450 pieces; 38 x 26 cm (15" x 10")
Code: E08525 (08-525 on box)
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Tiger
© Ozuma Kaname

300: Tiger (Kaname)

A rather naturalistic representation of the tiger, ancient symbol of strength.

The painter Ozuma Kaname was born in 1939, in Niigata. He studied traditional Japanese art, and his pictures are generally based on traditional themes.

Ozuma is his family name: he signs paintings with the single character of his given name only.

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An Appleone puzzle: 300 pieces; 26 x 38 cm (10" x 15")
Code: A03126 (300-126 on box)
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Thai stupa
© Epoch
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300: Thai stupa

This stupa (the inverted 'bell' building) is in Sukhothai, capital of the ancient kingdom of northern Thailand. Appropriately for a sacred Buddhist edifice, lotus blossoms crowd the foreground.

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An Epoch puzzle: 300 pieces; 38 x 26 cm (15" x 10")
Code: E25073 (25-073S on box)
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Following wind
© Matsumoto Tadashi
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300: Following wind (Matsumoto)

A peaceful summer scene, as the train passes through the gentle landscape around Lake Inawashiro. This is the West Ban'etsu line running east-west across northern Honshu, and principally serving the historic town of Aizu Wakamatsu.

Born in Kanagawa in 1973, Matsumoto Tadashi took an arts degree from Tohoku University, before pursuing a career in illustration. He specialises in the railway scene, and his work has appeared both in specialist train magazines and general travel literature. He combines attention to engineering detail with a warm evocation of rural charm.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 300 pieces; 38 x 26 cm (15" x 10")
Code: Y03700 (03-700 on box)
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Kaminarimon giant lantern in Asakusa
© Epoch
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300: Kaminarimon giant lantern in Asakusa

This huge lantern (about 4 m tall, sponsored by Matsushita Electric) adorns the famous entrance in Asakusa. Kaminari means "lightning", but the entrance is officially known as Furaijin-mon, after the gods of wind (fu) and thunder (rai), who sit on either side. Like all other buildings in the centre of old Tokyo, this was reconstructed after the area was completely destroyed in the Second World War.

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Code: E25105 (25-105 on box)
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Snoopy at the bus stop
© United Feature Syndicate

300: Snoopy at the bus stop (Peanuts)

Waiting for the school bus to wend its way along a picturesque coastal lane...

Note: the picture on the box is shown cut into puzzle pieces, but these may not exactly coincide with the actual puzzle.

For fifty years Charles M Schulz (1922-2000) drew the Peanuts cartoon strip, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang, who have become some of the best-known characters all over the world.

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An Apollo puzzle: 300 pieces; 38 x 26 cm (15" x 10")
Code: P03734 (3-734 on box)
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Evening mist
© Studio Morita / Studio Oz Inc

216: Evening mist (Haruyo)

A courtesan, with front-tied obi and sumptuous purple kimono, strikes a dramatic pose - her camellia-patterned fan above her head as though to beckon the misty moon.

Detail

The artist Morita Haruyo studied both Japanese art and kimono design, and she combines these with elements of her own Western-influenced technique. (She travelled to London in 1977, exactly the year I [Brian Chandler] first came to Tokyo.)

Morita is her family name: she follows the tradition of signing - and sealing - paintings with her given name only.

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An Epoch puzzle: 216 pieces; 18 x 26 cm (7" x 10")
Code: E04002 (04-002 on box)
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Woman blowing on a glass toy

216: Woman blowing on a glass toy (Utamaro)

One of a number of prints made by Utamaro to portray everyday amusement in 18th century Japan - this woman has a toy known as a biidoro (from the Portuguese vidro, glass) which makes a popping sound.

Born around 1753, Utamaro was one of the most successful woodblock artists in his own time, specialising in sensuous portraits of women.

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An Epoch puzzle: 216 pieces; 18 x 26 cm (7" x 10")
Code: E04514 (04-514 on box)
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Saint-Lazare Station

204: Saint-Lazare Station (Monet)

Although Monet's chief interest was the play of light and shade in nature, he was also a master at painting smoke and steam. This is one of a number of paintings at this station, which is the Paris terminus for trains from Normandy, where he lived most of his life.

Founder, and master artist of the school of impressionism, Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) spent his life capturing the effects of light in a way never before achieved.

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Code: Y98309 (98-309 on box)
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Pisces — Daisy
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204: Pisces — Daisy (Disney)

"The star tale in the night sky: Daisy of Pisces" reads the caption on the puzzle.

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Code: Y98433 (98-433 on box)
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Kaminari Gate, Tokyo
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204: Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa

This huge lantern (about 4 m tall) adorns the famous entrance in Asakusa, officially known as Furaijin-mon, after the gods of wind and thunder, who you can just see on either side.

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Code: Y98298 (98-298 on box)
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Shinjuku skyscrapers
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204: Shinjuku skyscrapers

The modern Tokyo skyline - the central building is Tokyo City Hall, the administrative headquarters for the metropolis built in 1991.

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Code: Y98301 (98-301 on box)
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