The Attic

© Shinya Uchida

Buon giorno! (Uchida)

Un'espresso, per favore ...breakfast time, and ah, the smell of coffee! Here we are in Venice, with the famous church Santa Maria della Salute glimpsed through the corner by this café. Parked outside, of course, is Uchida's trademark bicycle.

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Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has a luxury "canvas" finish.

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Code: Y101079 (10-1079 on package)
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The Spanish Steps (Uchida)

This most famous of the sights of Rome is usually swarming with artists and onlookers, but Uchida has filled it with flowers. But the artists have left their easels dotted around - and of course the Uchida trademark bicycle...

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle is printed with more ink colours for extra-vivid effect.

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Code: Y101096 (10-1096 on package)
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"Au Paysan" (Uchida)

Brilliant streaks of diagonal sunlight suggest that the fruiterer's shop of the title is in the south of France - and it seems the owner of the trademark bicycle has already made a purchase at the florist next door.

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The original title consists of the English word "Stage", really too inscrutable. See my entry in the Japanese dictionary jeKai for "Stage".

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has a luxury "canvas" finish.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 750 x 500 mm (30" x 20")
Code: Y10901 (10-901 on package)
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The day of the fair (Uchida)

Original title: Matsuri no hi - "Golden memories of a garden, where we sat by the morning glories, eating watermelon" reads (my loose translation of) the poem on the box.

Many of Uchida's images of Japan are very nostalgic, and this is no exception. An entrance to a house, framed by trellises, has fresh watermelons and a basket of vegetables laid out on the engawa, the outer passageway, and we gaze past them, into tatami-floored rooms, and beyond.

This puzzle has a luxury "Cloth touch" finish.

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has a luxury "canvas" finish.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 1000 pieces; 750 x 500 mm (30" x 20")
Code: Y10955 (10-955 on package)
Retail price ¥3000

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Cappuccino (Uchida)

Uchida's travels have taken him almost everywhere - here a sun-kissed corner of an Italian town (no indication of the exact location).

An unceremoniously dumped bag of shopping awaits the return of its owner - perhaps the person with the bicycle? We shall never know, but it provides the perfect counterpoint.

This puzzle has a luxury "Cloth touch" finish.

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has a luxury "canvas" finish.

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 380 x 530 mm (15" x 21")
Code: Y05749 (05-749 on package)
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Asahi Shokudô (Uchida)

This is the "real" rural Japan. A tiny, family-run business offers simple meals, while simultaneously selling seaside knick-knacks and "ice candy" (ice lollies, or popsicles in the US). Uchida's trademark bicycle and straw hat wait outside.

The sign proclaims that the establishment offers okonomi-yaki (a sort of omnibus pancake) and yaki-soba (fried noodles), ubiquitous stomach-fillers, and underneath its name: Asahi (literally "Morning sun") Shokudô, the humblest rank of eatery.

This puzzle has a luxury "Cloth touch" finish.

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has a luxury "canvas" finish.

Permanently unavailable
A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 530 x 380 mm (21" x 15")
Code: Y05773 (05-773 on package)
Retail price ¥2000

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Positano (Uchida)

A table laid with fruit and wine on a terrace overlooking the sea in the spectacular cliff-top setting of this famous Italian beauty-spot...

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle is printed with more ink colours for extra-vivid effect.

Permanently unavailable
A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 380 x 530 mm (15" x 21")
Code: Y05869 (05-869 on package)
Retail price ¥2000

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Van Gogh's bridge (Uchida)

Uchida's very own version, complete with sunflowers and bicycle, of the famouse van Gogh painting...

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has micro pieces

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 215 x 165 mm (8" x 6")
Code: Y4116 (41-16 on package)
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The house in the sun (Uchida)

Though we are not given any further information, the house looks like a log cabin, somewhere in the wide-open spaces of America...

Uchida was born in 1960 in Kyushu, and after a degree in fine arts from Aichi University of Education, became hooked on lone travelling. From there he was drawn into sketching, getting his first magazine publication in 1988. Since then he has kept travelling the world, and produced a whole series of book publications. Having spent three years in Perth, from 1991 to 1994, he regards Australia as his second home, but has also visited many parts of Europe and America.

Note that he writes his name in the "Western" order; Uchida is his family name.

This puzzle has micro pieces

Permanently unavailable
A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 215 x 165 mm (8" x 6")
Code: Y4117 (41-17 on package)
Retail price ¥1000

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