The gorgeous "colours" series - violet, gold, cherry, green, blue, white, and scarlet - appeared over 18 months, from mid-2004 to 2005, the initial 1000-piece versions followed by a selection in other sizes.
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A classic geisha pose - the model playfully shows off the ornate furisode sleeves of her kimono, against the background of a sumptuous red peony design. The original title, hien, is a rather fanciful word that might be translated "voluptuous scarlet."
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An Epoch puzzle: 2000 pieces; 73 x 102 cm (29" x 40")
Code: E20113 (20-113 on box)
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A classic geisha pose - the model playfully shows off the ornate furisode sleeves of her kimono, against the background of a sumptuous red peony design. The original title, hien, is a rather fanciful word that might be translated "voluptuous scarlet."
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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11173 (11-173 on box)
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A classic geisha pose - the model playfully shows off the ornate furisode sleeves of her kimono, against the background of a sumptuous red peony design. The original title, hien, is a rather fanciful word that might be translated "voluptuous scarlet."
 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: E04001 (04-001 on box)
Retail price ¥1200 (approx. US$11.76 €7.59 £5.97)
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This young girl has a modest enough pose, but her kimono is luxuriant - diaphanous, a tinge of pale green, with a pattern of white cranes. Over the plum blossoms in the background, a pair of golden cranes bring good fortune.
Original title: Kihaku
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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11164 (11-164 on box)
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With the sea as backdrop, the model holds a posy of assorted summer flowers, while her elegant but simple kimono is set off perfectly by the obi decorated with a pair of crested ibises. (Though the birds have a somewhat unusual bluish tinge.)
Original title: Seisui ("blue purity")
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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11152 (11-152 on box)
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The wearer of this palest of green kimonos looks wistful. (Why does she bite her veil, I wonder?) The original title Ryokufû does not translate easily: literally it is "green wind", but "summer breezes" might be closer to the image Haruyo is evoking.
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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11151 (11-151 on box)
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A young girl, her kimono decorated with delicate pink origami cranes, shelters under her diaphanous umbrella - the wind gusts a shower of cherry blossom petals. Haruyo has completed the scene with Mt. Fuji in the distance.
Original title: Yumezakura, literally "dream cherry"
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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11147 (11-147 on box)
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The original title, Kogane Miyabi, says it all: "Golden elegance." The young model is ornately dressed in a silver and floral design kimono, but is still outdone by the backdrop - her outer robe of a golden peacock design.
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An Epoch puzzle: 450 pieces; 26 x 38 cm (10" x 15")
Code: E08012 (08-012 on box)
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A delicate young model holds a gauzy purple veil, and just reveals on her sleeve an echo of Hokusai's "Wave."
Original title: Shiyu
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An Epoch puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: E11128 (11-128 on box)
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A delicate young model holds a gauzy purple veil, and just reveals on her sleeve an echo of Hokusai's "Wave."
Original title: Shiyu
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An Epoch puzzle: 500 pieces; 38 x 53 cm (15" x 21")
Code: E06032 (06-032S on box)
Retail price ¥2000 (approx. US$19.61 €12.66 £9.95)
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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.
See also: Kaname kimono collection
Deleted puzzles
For reference: you can view all the Haruyo puzzles that are out of print in the Attic.
