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[[The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame]] (1968-1995) was opened in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in 1968 within a renovated meat-packing plant. It contained items from [[Houdini]]’s personal collection of magic. [[File:HoudiniMagicalHallOfFameLogo.jpg|thumb|Logo]]
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'''Tenyo Ltd.''' is a toy manufacturer in Tokyo, Japan founded by [[Akira Yamada]]. They specialize in magical goods and jigsaw puzzles. [[File:GeniiCoverV50N5.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Genii 1986 November]]]]
  
The museum was chased by freak accidents to its eventual location on the top of Clifton Hill in a century-old Victoria Park train station in 1972.  
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The name of the company originates from the founder's father, [[Shokyokusai Tenyo]], who was a magician.
  
[[Sidney H. Radner]] allowed choice pieces of his collection, which he inherited from Hardeen, to be displayed there. [[Séances]] were held every year at the museum on the anniversary of Houdini’s death, October 31.
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[[Shigeru Sugawara]] joined Tenyo in 1967.
  
Fire swept through the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame on April 30, 1995, destroying many of the magician's artifacts, closing the museum for good.  
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[[Genii]] magazine usually does an article about their new products each year. The 2008 products were in the [[Genii 2007 December]] issue.
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[[The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame|The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame...]]
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[[Richard Kaufman]] is publishing a book about the Tenyo company in 2014 called [[TENYO-ISM]].
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Tenyo Ltd. is a toy manufacturer in Tokyo, Japan founded by Akira Yamada. They specialize in magical goods and jigsaw puzzles.

The name of the company originates from the founder's father, Shokyokusai Tenyo, who was a magician.

Shigeru Sugawara joined Tenyo in 1967.

Genii magazine usually does an article about their new products each year. The 2008 products were in the Genii 2007 December issue.

Richard Kaufman is publishing a book about the Tenyo company in 2014 called TENYO-ISM.


Read more about Tenyo ...