Tigers

© Inoichiro Sekiguchi

3000: White tiger (Inoichiro)

The white tiger has long been revered as a symbolic agent of the gods - and is one of the "Four deities" of feng shui. This is a graphic portrayal of a powerful, yet somehow unthreatening, animal.

No details of this artist are readily available. He signs his paintings with a seal for the first character ('Ino') of his given name only: this means 'wild boar', which might seem surprising, but it is a fairly common element in names.

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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Discontinued January 2020
An Epoch puzzle: 3000 pieces; 73 x 102 cm (29" x 40")
Code: E21102 (21-102 on package)
Retail price ¥4800

© Song Qijin / Kokado Studio

2016: White cloud tiger (Song)

A very fierce-looking white tiger, in Chinese mythology the protector-god of the west.

Song Qijin (宋其金) is a Chinese-born digital artist, affiliated with the Kogado Studio (name in the original Chinese order, Song is the surname).

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 2016 pieces; 75 x 50 cm (30" x 20")
Code: E23079 (23-079 on package)
Retail price ¥3000 (approx. US$28.85 €25.86 £22.06)
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© Harai Kayomi / Studio Oz

2016: Moonlit tiger and dragon (Kayomi)

Traditional rivals, tiger and dragon face off under a full moon masked only by a sprig of cherry blossom.

No biographical details available. She signs her given name Kayomi in Roman letters.

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: E23087 (23-087 on package)
Retail price ¥3000 (approx. US$28.85 €25.86 £22.06)
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© Kano Yuho

1000: White tiger and red bamboo (Yuho)

An impressive white tiger among the bamboo, but also an image laden with symbolism; its original title is literally "White tiger warding off disaster." The key on the side of the box lists the items as follows:

1. White tiger
2. Red bamboo
3. Quartz: the large crystals in the lower right corner
4. Magic spell

The magic spell is written vertically in the upper part of the picture. Sometimes known as "The Disaster Preventing Dharani," where a Dharani is something longer than a mantra and shorter than a sutra, it consists of transliterated Sanskrit, so has no immediate meaning to a Japanese speaker. But you can chant it something like this:

No mo san man da moto nan
Oha ra chi koto sha sono nan
To ji to en gya gya gya ki gya ki un nun
Shifu ra shifu ra hara shifu ra hara shifu ra
Chishu sa chishu sa chishu ri chishu ri
Sowa ja sowa ja
Sen chi gya shiri ei somo ko

No biographical details for this craft-artist, Kanō Yūhō. He signs as is traditional with his given (brush) name Yūhō and a seal.

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An Appleone puzzle: 1000 pieces; 50 x 75 cm (20" x 30")
Code: A10695 (1000-695 on package)
Retail price ¥3000 (approx. US$28.85 €25.86 £22.06)
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© Wilfar

1000: Noble tiger

A white tiger approaches, from a waterfall-fringed lake.

This puzzle has TINY pieces!

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Discontinued January 2020
A Beverly puzzle: 1000 pieces; 26 x 38 cm (10" x 15")
Code: BM81539 (M81-539 on package)
Normally ¥2200 - special offer 50% off: ¥1100

© Harai Kayomi / Studio Oz

500: White tiger of the west (Kayomi)

The white tiger, protector god of the west, looking suitably fierce, yet in Kayomi's characteristically soft style. The box includes the characters for 'West: white tiger', and the Chinese reading Bai-hu for "White tiger."

No biographical details available. She signs her given name Kayomi in Roman letters.

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Discontinued January 2020
An Epoch puzzle: 500 pieces; 53 x 38 cm (21" x 15")
Code: E06055 (06-055 on package)
Retail price ¥2000

© Kentaro Nishino

450: White baby tiger (Nishino)

This cute little baby plays with the butterflies.

Kentaro Nishino was born in 1980, in Kanazawa on the Japan Sea coast, and graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2003. He takes his inspiration from nature, while lending his own air of fantasy.

Nishino is his family name, but he signs his work "Kentaro N".

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

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An Epoch puzzle: 450 pieces; 26 x 38 cm (10" x 15")
Code: E08008 (08-008 on package)
Retail price ¥1400 (approx. US$13.46 €12.07 £10.29)
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© Harai Kayomi / Studio Oz

450: White tiger of the west (Kayomi)

The white tiger, protector god of the west, looking suitably fierce, yet in Kayomi's characteristically soft style. The box includes the characters for 'West: white tiger', and the Chinese reading 'Bai-hu' for "White tiger."

No biographical details available. She signs her given name Kayomi in Roman letters.

This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.

In stock
An Epoch puzzle: 450 pieces; 38 x 26 cm (15" x 10")
Code: E08038 (08-038 on package)
Retail price ¥1400 (approx. US$13.46 €12.07 £10.29)
Shipping from ¥600 (N. America, Europe, Australasia: approx. US$5.77 €5.17 £4.41)
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