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Tenkai

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Tenkai (1889-1972) was born Teijiro Ishida in Japan. Tenkai's wife and partner was Okinu.

Tenkai

Cover of Genii 1958 March
BornTeijiro Ishida
December 1, 1889
Japan
DiedJune of 1972 (age 82)
CategoriesBooks by Tenkai

Tenkai lived for some time in Chicago.

Tenkai, a resident of Los Angeles at the time, was performing in Honolulu when Japan bombed pearl harbor during World War II. He was not permitted to leave Hawaii.

In the 1958, he moved back to Japan.

Publications

The Thoughts of Tenkai, written by Masatoshi Furota, translated into English by Hiroki Fukushima (1971)

Awards

Received a special Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts in 1971.

References