Jigsaw puzzles from Japan
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Ukiyo-e -
Scenes of modern Tokyo -
Hello Kitty -
Disney -
Maurits Escher -
Western art classics -
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Yanoman calls this series of puzzles "Petit" - something of an understatement! The pieces are so small the set includes a miniature pair of tweezers for those with blunt fingers.
The last set are what they call "Petit light", only half as many pieces, but still quite a challenge for the fingers.
- Note that the minimum shipping charge of 400 yen covers about four of these puzzles, so you save by buying them together.
- For more miniature challenges see the Tenyo 1000-piece tiny puzzles
The famous wave is number one in the famous series of views of Mt. Fuji. It is more properly known as "In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa."
The waves not only dwarf the figures in the boats, but manage to make Fuji look tiny, seen only in the far distance.
The artist Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his series of 36 views of Mount Fuji, in the bold and simple style of the Ukiyo-e (or "floating world") style. He changed his name several times, so this is only the best-known of his brush names; as is the tradition, Hokusai is his given name (a fact that has plainly confused at least one art reference book).
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Code: Y98294 (98-294 on box)
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Properly known as "Mt. Fuji in clear weather," this is number two in the famous series of thirty-six views by Hokusai.
Brief bio of Hokusai
The artist Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his series of 36 views of Mount Fuji, in the bold and simple style of the Ukiyo-e (or "floating world") style. He changed his name several times, so this is only the best-known of his brush names; as is the tradition, Hokusai is his given name (a fact that has plainly confused at least one art reference book).
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© Sharaku
The actor Otani Oniji strikes an intense pose in the role of Yakko Edobei. A classic Sharaku kabuki portrait.
Interesting description of how ukiyo-e were made
Very little of certainty is known about Sharaku (this is his given name, though it is very likely no-one's real name; his family name, Tôshûsai, is rarely used at all). His works, caricatures of kabuki artists, appeared over the space of less than a year from mid-1794, and then he totally disappeared. Theories abound!
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Code: Y98296 (98-296 on box)
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© 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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Code: Y98297 (98-297 on box)
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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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At 333 m tall, Tokyo Tower has been the biggest local landmark since 1958...
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Code: Y98299 (98-299 on box)
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You do not need to visit Tokyo to see Tokyo Station - go to Amsterdam instead, where you can see the original after which this was designed early in the 20th century.
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Code: Y98300 (98-300 on box)
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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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© Disney
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© Disney
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© Disney
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Code: Y98376 (98-376 on box)
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© Disney
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© Disney
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© Disney
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© Disney
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This is a woodcut, created in 1938, and showing Escher's combination of geometrical imagination and and naturalistic drawing technique. From the abstract pattern in the centre, white birds fly right into night, and black ones left into day, while metamorphosing down into the chessboard pattern of fields in the Dutch landscape.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch artist, who produced many well-known images of mathematical fantasies, though he had no formal training in mathematics. Animals and birds metamorphose into geometrical shapes and back again - buildings follow geometrical rules, yet defy reality.
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Code: Y98354 (98-354 on box)
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A pair of hands? Or at least, a right hand drawing a left hand, which in turn is drawing the hand that draws it.
This is another type of "impossible object," in which the levels are tangled.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch artist, who produced many well-known images of mathematical fantasies, though he had no formal training in mathematics. Animals and birds metamorphose into geometrical shapes and back again - buildings follow geometrical rules, yet defy reality.
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Code: Y98355 (98-355 on box)
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© Escher Holding BV
A lithograph from 1958 portrays in Escher's impeccable style an impossible building... no real rectangular building could have a ladder with its foot inside the walls at the bottom leaning against the outside at the top!
This type of "impossible object" drawing uses perspective rules tbat are always correct over a small enough area (as in the detail image), yet break down when seen as a whole.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch artist, who produced many well-known images of mathematical fantasies, though he had no formal training in mathematics. Animals and birds metamorphose into geometrical shapes and back again - buildings follow geometrical rules, yet defy reality.
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Code: Y98356 (98-356 on box)
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© Escher Holding BV
This 1961 lithograph is another version of the impossible triangle object: perhaps it's no surprise that the object is impossible, since otherwise it would be a perpetual motion machine - the endlessly cycled water providing free power by turning the wheel. (Apparently Escher commented that it would be necessary to add water from time to time, to compensate for evaporation!)
This type of "impossible object" drawing uses perspective rules tbat are always correct over a small enough area, yet break down when seen as a whole.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch artist, who produced many well-known images of mathematical fantasies, though he had no formal training in mathematics. Animals and birds metamorphose into geometrical shapes and back again - buildings follow geometrical rules, yet defy reality.
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Code: Y98357 (98-357 on box)
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The goddess of love emerges - fully adult - from the sea on a giant clamshell...
Sandro Botticelli, 1445 - 1510, renowned Italian Renaissance painter.
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Code: Y98278 (98-278 on box)
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The famous mural in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy, Leonardo began this painting in 1495 and completed it in 1498.
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452 – 1519, perhaps the most famous painter who ever lived, was also a prolific inventor, scientist, and engineer.
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Code: Y98288 (98-288 on box)
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Leonardo's study of human proportions, inspired by a treatise by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452 – 1519, perhaps the most famous painter who ever lived, was also a prolific inventor, scientist, and engineer.
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Code: Y98285 (98-285 on box)
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Leonardo's enigmatic lady... painted around 1502-1506, and also known as La Gioconda.
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452 – 1519, perhaps the most famous painter who ever lived, was also a prolific inventor, scientist, and engineer.
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Code: Y98284 (98-284 on box)
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Also known as Madonna of the Rocks, this is one of two almost identical paintings by Leonardo for a commission. This is the version in the Louvre, which also features with an alleged "secret meaning" in the novel The da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452 – 1519, perhaps the most famous painter who ever lived, was also a prolific inventor, scientist, and engineer.
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Code: Y98283 (98-283 on box)
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Rustic French scenery, but also a portrayal of the sheer grind of the labour of the poor...
Jean-François Millet, 1814 – 1875, rural French painter.
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Code: Y98276 (98-276 on box)
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A table set for an outdoor meal - another favourite subject, this one painted in 1873.
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: Y98311 (98-311 on box)
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The bridge over the pond in Monet's own garden at Giverny, designed with the help of a Japanese gardener in the 1890s. This version is cropped top and bottom - the original painted in 1899 was almost square.
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: Y98310 (98-310 on box)
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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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One of many studies Monet painted of a woman with a white parasol, this one in 1886.
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: Y98308 (98-308 on box)
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A lively dance in progress - Renoir's masterpiece.
Renoir, 1841 - 1919, was a leading figure in the impressionist movement in Paris.
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Painted in 1888, this is one of the series of sunflowers in vases.
Vincent Willem van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist painter, 1853 - 1890
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