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[[Masao Atsukawa]] (1932? - January ?, 2009) was a Japanese close-up magician and well-known crime novelist.  
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'''Masao Atsukawa''' (1933 - 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.<ref>http://booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/638-tsumao-awasaka</ref>
  
Atsukawa was one a student of [[Tenkai]] and was awarded the Tenkai Prize in 1969.
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== Biography ==
 
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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.
He was awarded the Izumikyokasho literary prize for his mystery writing and the Naoki Award (Japan's highest award for light literature),
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
* [[Creative Works in Magic]] (1970)
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* [[Creative Works in Magic]] (Japanese and English) (1970)
==== Contributions ====
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* [[Five Times Five: Japan]]
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=== Contributions ===
* [[New Magic of Japan]]
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* [[New York Magic Symposium]] Collection Five
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*[[Five Times Five: Japan]] ([[Richard Kaufman|Kaufman, 1992]])
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** Four by Four
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** Four from Nowhere
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** Propelled Chinese/Silver
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** Fabric Through Pasteboard
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** The Knotted Letter
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*[[New Magic of Japan]] ([[Richard Kaufman|Kaufman]] & [[Phil Goldstein|Goldstein]], 1988)
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** Coin Fugue (introduced new coin sleight, '''The M.A. Coin Propulsion"
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*[[The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 5]] ([[Stephen Minch|Minch]] & [[Phil Goldstein|Goldstein]], 1986)
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** Fair Exchange
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===Atsukawa in Genii===
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*[[Genii 2000 May]]
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**Warp 9
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*[[Genii 1969 September]]
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**Moving Hole
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**Vanishing A Coin in A Folded Handkerchief
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{{References}}
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* The Magic Circular, Vol. 103, No. 1113, April 2009, Masao Atsukawa has died…, page 99
  
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*MOVING HOLE September, 1969
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*VANISHING A COIN IN A FOLDED HANDKERCHIEF September, 1969
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Revision as of 19:03, 15 September 2014

Masao Atsukawa
BornMay 8, 1933
DiedFebruary 3, 2009 (age 75)
NationalityJapanese

Masao Atsukawa (1933 - 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.[1]

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

Contributions

Atsukawa in Genii

References

  1. http://booksfromjapan.jp/authors/authors/item/638-tsumao-awasaka
  • The Magic Circular, Vol. 103, No. 1113, April 2009, Masao Atsukawa has died…, page 99