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"The room behind the shop" (editorial) - Puzzle manufacturers: Apollo - Appleone - Beverly - Cuties - Epoch - Ensky (Artbox) - Road - Tenyo - Yanoman - more history |
Update!
(15 August) The database should now be fixed, so there are no more stray funny characters... but there may still be glitches. I just discovered that all of the Peanuts puzzles had disappeared, because "artist=peanuts" was not matching "Peanuts"; so there is more to do in sorting out case-insensitive matching.
Database problem!
Apologies! A recent database upgrade has left lots of Japanese text corrupted, and also some variant characters, such as the e-acute in "Pokémon," not showing correctly. I am working to correct this but may take some days...
申し訳ありません 現在、データーベースの問題でほとんどのパズルの詳細などの日本語が文字化けになっています。修復するまで何日かかかるかも知れません。ご了承ください。
Jigsaw puzzle manufacturers
Cuties
Cuties is a rather odd little company, producing a rather disparate range of jigsaw puzzles, in addition to "adult dolls" and similar products. In particular, they obviously have someone with a passion for hanga, woodblock prints by the great masters, and the ukiyo-e range includes all 53 of the "Stations of the Tokaido" by Hiroshige, and many of Hokusai's portrayals of Mount Fuji, all in 300 pieces.
There is a Cuties website; here is the page on puzzles: http://www.cuties.co.jp/puzzle.html. This page includes a selection of puzzles, and there are also downloadable Excel spreadsheets, whose names are largely self-explanatory:
- puzzle_list_ukiyoe.xls - Full range of 300-piece woodblock prints
- puzzle_list_300P.xls - 300 pieces
- puzzle_list_1000P.xls - 1000 pieces