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New Magic of Japan 1988

1988 Hardcover

Editor:
- Richard Kaufman
- Hiroyuki Sakai
Contributor:
Translator:
- Phil Goldstein

Contents

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#	Title	Type
6	Preface (Hiroyuki Sakai)	Preface
8	Forward (Phil Goldstein)	Foreword
9	Introduction (Richard Kaufman)	Introduction
10	A Note on Pronunciation
11	Card Ping Chien Shigeo Takagi	Technique
A card switch that occurs as a card is laid face down on the table.
15	Miser's Miracle Again Masashi Neo	Trick
A card is selected and torn in halves and the pieces lowered to the table. When the halves are drawn apart a half dollar appears. The half dollar is covered and when the halves are spread again two more coins appear. The card halves are brought together again and when spread a silver dollar appears.
20	Metapmorph-rose Kazuyuki Hase	Trick
A long-stemmed rose is displayed and instantaneously changes into two silks -- one red, the other green.
23	Card Quake Kuniyasu Fujiwara	Trick
The Jack of Diamonds is removed from the deck. A card is selected and returned. The cards are placed into the box and the Jack is inserted horizontally into the top of the deck. The Jack is rapidly shifted back and forth, and the selected card rises up from the deck.
27	Glass Load Tomohiro Maeda	Trick
During a close up performance, both hands are seen absolutely empty and a silk is draped over the left hand. The magician whips the silk away to reveal a long-stemmed glass.
31	Climax Flower Chains Tetuo Tanigawa	Trick
A bouquet of flowers ins magically produced and then visibly split into two bouquets. Each bouquet cascades into a long chain of flowers.
35	Double Shock Yuic-hi Katakura	Trick
Four cards are removed from the deck and a re shown to be indifferent cards. The cards are turned face down and when dealt to the table have changed to the four Kings. The four Kings are turned face down and when dealt to the table have changed to the four Aces.
40	Cell Division Kazuyoshi Hirachi	Trick
A sponge ball is displayed and, with a twisting and tearing motion, apparently broken in two. The illusion, however, is that the single ball is slowly pulled apart like taffy until it snaps in two.
43	Cane From Fireball Asako Suda	Trick
A fireball is tossed into the air. While in mid-air it visibly changes into a cane which is caught as it descends.
46	Coin Fugue Masao Atsukawa	Trick
A coin disappears and reappears on the table. This is repeated. The coin disappears again but two coins appear on the table. Then three coins appear. Then four coins appear. Two coins are placed in each hand, but all four magically gather in one hand. Uses the M.A. Coin Propulsion (aka The Bullet).
53	Counterfeit Kenichi Kuroki	Trick
A card is selected and returned. A clear plastic folder is introduced and a dollar bill is borrowed and placed inside it. As it is held up to the light the index of the selected card appears as a mysterious shadow on the card. The image disappears and the bill is returned.
59	Joint Account Kazuto Nishino	Trick
A deck of cards is introduced and a prediction is made. Two spectators each think of a number: the first from 1 to 5, the second from 6 to 10. The values of the cards at the chosen numbers are totaled and the cards are once again dealt, this time to the new total. The card matched the prediction.
61	The Three-Sixty Fan Naoki Ogi	Technique
Using a heavily powdered fanning deck, a technique for creating a perfectly circular fan of cards, with only one hand.
65	Dice Assembly Toyohisa Saikawa	Trick
Three dice are placed in a row. A playing card is leaned on each die, covering it from view. One by one, the dice on the left and right end of the row magically congregate beneath the center card.
69	Chronometer Card Takanobu Ishida	Trick
Twelve cards are dealt in a clock-like circle. Cards are turned face up based on their random values until only two card remain face down. Two pens are used as pointers to the cards. They accurately mark out the exact time at the conclusion of the trick.
73	Triple Production Box Jonny Hirose	Trick
A small empty box with transparent sides is given a shake and instantly fills with flowers. The box is emptied and a silk is flicked at the empty box which again fills with flowers. The box is emptied once more, yet magically fills with flowers a third time.

Preface:

In this book I have collected some new masterpieces created by the young magicians of Japan. Upon glancing through these pages you may think, "But you've also included tricks from people who aren't so young anymore." That's true only if you gauge a person's age entirely by the number of years he or she has lived. I use the term as in "young at heart and mind," denoting an inner brightness which exists regardless of chronological age. This energy bestow a different kind of youth upon those lucky enough to possess it. So I have named this book New Generation plus Alpha. I believe you can feel something new and different from all of the excellent routins included here. Even I'm not sure exactly what this new feeling means, but this book poses some interesting questions. If you take it upon yourself to answer some of them then you will have made us feel quite honored. Hiroyuki Sakai, Tokyo, Japan, August 1987.