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Art by Fujishiro Seiji

"Fantasy in light and shade"

On this page: 1000 pieces - 300 pieces - About the artist

1000 pieces

The miracle of love in the sunset
© Fujishiro Seiji

The miracle of love in the sunset

Along with fanciful titles, mermaids and cats are two favourite Fujishiro themes.

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An Appleone puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: A10458 (1000-458 on box)
Retail price ¥3600 (approx. US$34.95 €22.22 £17.56)
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After the rain, let the music reign
© Fujishiro Seiji

After the rain, let the music reign

There's something northern European about the setting (shades of van Goch somehow), but the title and characters are pure Fujishiro.

This is a 'glow-in-the-dark' puzzle.

* This is a glow-in-the-dark puzzle.

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An Appleone puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: A10427 (1000-427 on box)
Retail price ¥3900 (approx. US$37.86 €24.07 £19.02)
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Cosmos daisies singing
© Fujishiro Seiji

Cosmos daisies singing

More Fujishiro fun in a forest of cosmos daisies - a bevy of instrumentalists accompany the singing, while dragonflies loop the loop and a unicycle flies through the sky.

Detail
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An Appleone puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: A10444 (1000-444 on box)
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The circus in the forest
© Fujishiro Seiji

The circus in the forest

Fujishiro has filled the forest with his favourite characters: clowns, and lots of them. Swinging through the trees, riding elephants and monocycles, balancing on chairs - just having fun!

Detail

* This is a glow-in-the-dark puzzle.

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An Appleone puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: A10275 (1000-275 on box)
Retail price ¥3900 (approx. US$37.86 €24.07 £19.02)
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300 pieces

Sunset swing
© Fujishiro Seiji

Sunset swing

A blend of fantasy with nostalgia for childhood in this wonderfully warm picture. (The dragonflies remind us this is no northern clime.)

Detail
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An Appleone puzzle: 300 pieces; 38 x 26 cm (15" x 10")
Code: A03178 (300-178 on box)
Retail price ¥1800 (approx. US$17.48 €11.11 £8.78)
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The Bremen Town Musicians
© Fujishiro Seiji

The Bremen Town Musicians

Fujishiro's version of the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers, of how the donkey, dog, cat and rooster escape death to form the town band.

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An Appleone puzzle: 300 pieces; 26 x 38 cm (10" x 15")
Code: A03194 (300-194 on box)
Retail price ¥1800 (approx. US$17.48 €11.11 £8.78)
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Fujishiro Seiji

Born in 1924, Fujishiro has had a long and productive career as an illustrator - producing many children's books, and creating his own brand of fantasy along the way. From an early involvement with shadow puppetry, he developed his own unique style: he calls these kage-e (literally "shadow pictures"), but his is a backlit world not of black and white (or grey), but of wonderful translucent colours, apparently made mostly from tissue paper.

He is still active at the age of 80, and his work has appeared all over the world, most recently (February 2005) in New York and Washington.

Newsflash (Feb 2005)

Here's a review of his show at the Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington DC: "Symphony of Light and Shadow" (from the Washington Post).

Note: The translations of titles are mine.

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