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−	{{Infobox person	+	'''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]]]]
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−	| birth_name                = Giovanni Nicola Giordmaina	+
−	| birth_day                = September 26,	+
−	| birth_year                = 1898	+
−	| birth_place              = Malta	+
−	| death_day                = January 19,	+
−	| death_year                = 1974	+
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−	'''John Giordmaine''' (1898-1974) was born Giovanni Nicola Giordmaina in Malta but immigrated to Canada in 1919. He started as an electrician, but went onto a successful career as a professional magician after a serious injury in an electrical accident.	+
−	He became friends with [[Sid Lorraine]] who got him to join the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]]. He changed his name to Giordmaine to rhyme with legerdemain.	+	The name of the company originates from the founder's father, [[Shokyokusai Tenyo]], who was a magician.
−	In the late 1930s, Giordmaine worked at [[The Arcade Magic and Novelty Shop]] and the T. Eaton Company of Toronto. While at Eaton's toy department during the 1940s, he developed and sold a magic kit.	+	[[Shigeru Sugawara]] joined Tenyo in 1967.
−	He became the first magician on television in 1933 and  appeared on the Howdy-Doody show, Captain Kangaroo, Paul Winchell's Circus Time.  He had been described as "the world's greatest little magician artist" in an early television show for children.	+	[[Genii]] magazine usually does an article about their new products each year. The 2008 products were in the [[Genii 2007 December]] issue.
−	Giordmaine was a guest on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]] in 1957 and played the New York World's Fair.	+	[[Richard Kaufman]] is publishing a book about the Tenyo company in 2014 called [[TENYO-ISM]].
−	[[John Giordmaine|Read more about Giordmaine...]]	+
		+	[[Tenyo |Read more about Tenyo ...]]

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Revision as of 15:03, 26 January 2016

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 ...