Jigsaw puzzles by Kagaya

1000: The milky way (Uyuni)

Kagaya has used the famous Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia as an unusual setting for a personal view of the Milky Way.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: Y101294 (10-1294 on package)
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1000: Treasure night

Another puzzle from the Hoshi-biyori series ("The star-studded sky"), and indeed, above the distinctive form of Mount Fuji we see the familiar constellation of Orion, and the moon shown with Kagaya's typical astronomical accuracy. Below is a ghostly landscape of habitations glimmering in the mist.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: Y101301 (10-1301 on package)
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1000: Oarai shoreline torii

This is a real scene on the east coast of Japan. The torii is the traditional symbol marking the approach to a shrine, and in this case it has been built at the edge of the Pacific. Kagaya gives it a lonely and mysterious air...

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: Y101295 (10-1295 on package)
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1000: Symphony in symmetry

The symmetry of Mount Fuji and its reflection is complemented by the pair of swans on the lakeside in this peaceful sunset scene. This is from Kagaya's Hoshi-biyori series ("The star-studded sky"): the original title is Shinfometorii, a combination of "symphony" and "symmetry" which doesn't really work in English.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: Y101302 (10-1302 on package)
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500 pieces

500: Star journey

A portrayal of one of the best-known works of fantasy fiction by Miyazawa Kenji, Japan's much-loved poet and author of children's literature. The original title is Ginga tetsudô no yoru, probably best known in the West from the anime film "Night on the Galactic Railroad" (but there are many variations on this translation).

We see an earthbound, yet fantastic scene passing the train window, itself a reminder of a bygone age.

Wikipedia article on Miyazawa Kenji

This puzzle is postcard size, with micro pieces

This puzzle has micro pieces

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 22 x 17 cm (9" x 7")
Code: Y4122 (41-22 on package)
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500: Orbit of the dream

Kagaya's photographic interpretation of a Kyoto scene...

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 53 x 38 cm (21" x 15")
Code: Y051015 (05-1015 on package)
Retail price ¥2000 (approx. US$19.23 €17.24 £14.71)
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300 pieces

300: The moon

The moon in beautiful detail. All features visible in a small telescope are marked with their atronomical names. Not a very easy puzzle: there is a huge total area of black...

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A Yanoman puzzle: 300 pieces; 26 x 38 cm (10" x 15")
Code: Y03857 (03-857 on package)
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Kagaya Yutaka

Born in Saitama (just north of Tokyo) in 1968, Kagaya spent his childhood in wonderment of the stars in the sky, and never stopped painting them. He has had a successful career as an illustrator for astronomical books and magazines, and many of his works have been turned into jigsaw puzzles, among other products. Since 1996, he has worked exclusively in the digital medium, using a Macintosh. Perhaps that is why he does not appear to sign his pictures.

He goes by his family name; his given name appears to be Yutaka, but in English you will also find him called Joh Kagaya (Jô is the Chinese reading of his name).

The Kagaya Studio site includes lots more information, including some in English.

He has been honoured by having an asteroid (no. 11949) named after him. It's a long way away, but only a few kilometres across, so you could walk round it in a day. (Here's the technical information)

Separate page: Kagaya zodiac collection - the discontinued series of zodiac puzzles

Note: The translations of titles are mine.

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Fantasy Art by Kagaya

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