Haruyo kimono jigsaw puzzles

Kimonos by Morita Haruyo

On this page: Four Seasons series (only Chiaki left!) - More dancers - About the artist

See also: Main Haruyo page - Page 3 ("Colours" series) - Page 4 (Floral series) - Browse all Haruyo puzzles

Four Seasons series

logo Here Haruyo portrays not the luxuriance of the courtesan, but the innocence of youth. Each young girl wears the furisode kimono - the long sleeves a symbol of maidenhood - and her name matches the season. Sorry! Only Chiaki left

spring

perfume

1000: Haruka

Spring! The youthful Haruka, in her bright pink kimono, holds a spray of forsythia and irises. Perhaps the drape in the background is ready for some celebrations under the cherry blossoms?

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11083 (11-083 on box)
Retail price ¥3000

tints

summer

1000: Ayaka

Midsummer night! To a background of fireworks, the young Ayaka stands among summer flowers.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11092 (11-092 on box)
Retail price ¥3000

thousand

autumn

1000: Chiaki

A thousand autumns! Chiaki has a slightly quizzical look as she stands gracefully in her kimono, surrounded by brilliant red maples.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11096 (11-096 on box)
Retail price ¥3000

winter

sound

1000: Fuyune

Winter! Fuyune holds her new year's "arrow of good fortune", surrounded by peonies, pine and red-berried nanten bushes weighed down by snow dumplings. Haruyo has thoughtfully added a distant golden pavilion (Kinkakuji) to break up what would otherwise be a large blank area in the upper right corner.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11098 (11-098 on box)
Retail price ¥3000

1000: The garden of the four seasons

Here we see the four ladies, representing the seasons, gathered together in a lawn party somehow reminiscent of a scene from the French impressionists. One dances with a fan, another accompanying her on the koto; a third reads, while the fourth is content to watch.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E11121 (11-121 on box)
Retail price ¥3000

More dancers

Some old favourites and other Haruyo puzzles not belonging to one of the series...

2016 pieces

2016: Evening mist

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.

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 2016 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E23301 (23-301 on box)
Retail price ¥3600 (approx. US$41.86 €34.29 £27.91)
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2016: Dance of the butterflies

In this simple yet elegant design, the young figure (a geisha?) surrounded by fluttering butterflies seems to muse "Should I be dancing too...?"

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 2016 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E23304 (23-304 on box)
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1014 pieces

1014: Evening mist

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.

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 1014 pieces; 38 x 53 cm (15" x 21")
Code: E56005 (56-005 on box)
Retail price ¥2000 (approx. US$23.26 €19.05 £15.50)
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216 pieces

216: Evening

The wearer of this luxurious kimono - with a crane motif - has the obi (sash) tied at the front, a sign that she is a courtesan. Under thin moonlight filtering through the cherry blossoms, she has playfully wrapped the long sleeves around her hands.

Original title: Yoi

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 216 pieces; 18 x 26 cm (7" x 10")
Code: E04014 (04-014 on box)
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216: Evening mist

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.

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

In stock
An Epoch puzzle: 216 pieces; 18 x 26 cm (7" x 10")
Code: E04002 (04-002 on box)
Retail price ¥1200 (approx. US$13.95 €11.43 £9.30)
Shipping from ¥400 (N. America, Europe, Australasia: approx. US$4.65 €3.81 £3.10)
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Morita Haruyo

Haruyo: signature and seal

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.

Note: The translations of titles are mine.

Other kimono puzzles

We now have the complete Haruyo catalog in stock, except for the slight delay in getting the latest displayed on the website.

Deleted puzzles

For reference: you can view all the Haruyo puzzles that are out of print in the Attic.