Masao Atsukawa

Masao Atsukawa
Born	May 8, 1933
Died	February 3, 2009 (age 75)
Nationality	Japanese

Masao Atsukawa (b.1933-d.2009) was a Japanese close-up magician, student of Tenkai, and well-known crime novelist. Masao Atsukawa used the pen name Tsumao Awasaka for his writing.

Biography

He was awarded the Tenkai Prize in 1969, and won the Izumikyokasho literary prize for his mystery writing. He also received the Naoki Award, Japan's highest award for light literature.

Bibliography

Books

• Creative Works in Magic (Japanese and English) (1970)

Contributions

• Five Times Five: Japan (Kaufman, 1992)
  • Four by Four
  • Four from Nowhere
  • Propelled Chinese/Silver
  • Fabric Through Pasteboard
  • The Knotted Letter
• New Magic of Japan (Kaufman & Goldstein, 1988)
  • Coin Fugue (introduced new coin sleight, The M.A. Coin Propulsion"
• The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 5 (Minch & Goldstein, 1986)
  • Fair Exchange

Atsukawa in Genii

• Genii 2000 May
  • Warp 9
• Genii 1969 September
  • Moving Hole
  • Vanishing A Coin in A Folded Handkerchief

References

• The Magic Circular, Vol. 103, No. 1113, April 2009, Masao Atsukawa has died…, page 99