[[Masao Atsukawa]] (1932? - January ?, 2009) was a Japanese close-up magician and well-known crime novelist.
[[Masao Atsukawa]] (1932? - January ?, 2009) was a Japanese close-up magician, student of [[Tenkai]], and well-known crime novelist. 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.
Atsukawa was one a student of [[Tenkai]] and was awarded the Tenkai Prize in 1969.
== Bibliography ==
He was awarded the Izumikyokasho literary prize for his mystery writing and the Naoki Award (Japan's highest award for light literature),
=== Books ===
== Bibliography ==
=== Books ===
* [[Creative Works in Magic]] (1970)
* [[Creative Works in Magic]] (1970)
==== Contributions ====
* [[Five Times Five: Japan]]
* [[New Magic of Japan]]
* [[New York Magic Symposium]] Collection Five
===References===
=== Contributions ===
*Moving Hole [[Genii 1969 September]]
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*Vanishing A Coin in A Folded Handkerchief [[Genii 1969 September]]
*[[Five Times Five: Japan]] ([[Richard Kaufman|Kaufman, 1992]])
** Four by Four
** Four from Nowhere
** Propelled Chinese/Silver
** Fabric Through Pasteboard
** The Knotted Letter
*[[New Magic of Japan]] ([[Richard Kaufman|Kaufman]] & [[Phil Goldstein|Goldstein]], 1988)
** Coin Fugue (introduced new coin sleight, '''The M.A. Coin Propulsion"
Masao Atsukawa (1932? - January ?, 2009) was a Japanese close-up magician, student of Tenkai, and well-known crime novelist. 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.