Category Archives: supernatural Japanese print

Sugoroku Magic – Narukami shonin

Posted on August 22, 2019 by toshidama

Below the great rat of Yoshitaka on the sugoroku board we are featuring, is this splendid figure in feiry robes and clouds of smoke. It is the magician Narukami. Narukami lived in a hermitage near a waterfall in which he … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – Shimidzu no Kwanja Yoshitaka

Posted on July 30, 2019 by toshidama

What a spendid rat! The magician riding along here is not Nikki Danjo – the great kabuki villain who transforms into a rat in order to steal a valuable scroll – this chap is Shimidzu no Kwanja Yoshitaka. He was … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – Princess Yuki

Posted on July 16, 2019 by toshidama

The image above is the top centre panel from an amazing Sugoroku game board designed by the artist Toyoharu Kunichika in the 1860’s. You can see the whole board at the Toshidama Gallery website by clicking this link: Sugoroku Board. … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – Unryu-kuro

Posted on July 12, 2019 by toshidama

This tremendous image of a magician floating on a magical cloud-dragon is the neighbour of the image of the Ghost of Seigen – the previous entry- from the stunning supernatural Sugoroku board we are showing at the Toshidama Gallery… the … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – The Ghost of Seigen

Posted on July 12, 2019 by toshidama

The picture above is the first detail in our series taken from the stunning supernatural Sugoroku board showing at the Toshidama Gallery. It is a sort of compendium  of ghosts, magicians, magic creatures and so on. This is the ‘last … Continue reading →

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Magical Sugoroku

Posted on July 4, 2019 by toshidama

A sugoroku board that is a a good compendium of Japanese magicians and supernatural stories. Continue reading →

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