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−		+	'''Tenyo Ltd.''' is a toy manufacturer in Tokyo, Japan founded by [[Akira Yamada]]. They specialize in magical goods and jigsaw puzzles. [[File:GeniiCoverV50N5.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Genii 1986 November]]]]
−	==African Americans in Magic History==	+
−	===Pre-1860s===	+
−	Prior to the end of the [[Civil War]], there were two African American magicians that garnered fame on the stage in the United States. The first was [[Richard Potter]], the free son of a British tax Collector named Charles Frankland and one of Frankland's slaves, a woman named Dinah. The second was an escaped slave named [[Henry Brown]]. Better known as “Box” Brown because he reached freedom by sealing himself in a packing crate and shipping himself North.[[File:PotterBdsde.jpg|thumb|right|Richard Potter broadside from the collection of Robert A. Olson]]	+
−	===Post 1865===	+	The name of the company originates from the founder's father, [[Shokyokusai Tenyo]], who was a magician.
−	The African American magician that seems to have been the first on the stage in the US after the war was Professor J.D. Kellies, known for not using apparatus during his performances. Newspaper accounts have records of his performances dating as far back as 1868.	+
−	===1880s===	+	[[Shigeru Sugawara]] joined Tenyo in 1967.
−	The career of Black Carl, remembered as one of the finest magicians of his time, black or white, began his on stage career about 1883 as Boomski, the black assistant of [[Alexander Herrmann]]. Having most likely left Herrmann when he reached the age of 18, Carl, who real name was Edward Johnson went on to a long career, appearing mostly in minstrel shows and on black [[vaudeville]] circuits.	+
−	===1890s===	+	[[Genii]] magazine usually does an article about their new products each year. The 2008 products were in the [[Genii 2007 December]] issue.
−	Once again an individual remembered as one of this countries greatest magicians began his on stage career as Alexander Herrmann's Boomski. Louis Moore would stay with Hermann until around 1894 when he would become Theosis, assistant to Edward Maro. After leaving Maro, Moore began his own career performing under the name Alonzo Moore. In his career, Moore would work in minstrel shows, black vaudeville, under canvas and even present his own two hour evening show.	+
−	[[African Americans in Magic History|Read more about African Americans in Magic History...]]	+	[[Richard Kaufman]] is publishing a book about the Tenyo company in 2014 called [[TENYO-ISM]].
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Revision as of 15:03, 26 January 2016

Tenyo Ltd. is a toy manufacturer in Tokyo, Japan founded by Akira Yamada. They specialize in magical goods and jigsaw puzzles.

The name of the company originates from the founder's father, Shokyokusai Tenyo, who was a magician.

Shigeru Sugawara joined Tenyo in 1967.

Genii magazine usually does an article about their new products each year. The 2008 products were in the Genii 2007 December issue.

Richard Kaufman is publishing a book about the Tenyo company in 2014 called TENYO-ISM.

Read more about Tenyo ...