Five Times Five — Japan

1992
Written by Richard Kaufman
Work of Various
104 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with drawings by Ton Onosaka
Language: English
31 entries
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Richard Kaufman What is Five Times Five?
6
Masao Atsukawa Four by Four two phases, first all coins travel at once, then one by one
 		9
Masao Atsukawa M.A. Coin Propulsion / The Bullet coin is shot into other hand without visible movement
Variations 10
Masao Atsukawa Put-Back Move coin returned to other hand as one is openly taken
Variations 11
Masao Atsukawa The Bullet plus Han Ping Chien
13
Masao Atsukawa Four From Nowhere a coin travels from hand onto the table, then three more coins appear
 		15
Masao Atsukawa Propelled Chinese/Silver
Inspired by 19
Masao Atsukawa Fabric Through Pasteboard silk through giant card, visual
Variations 22
Masao Atsukawa The Knotted Letter knot in strip of paper disappears
 		25
Tomo Maeda Ambitious Clip paper clip is placed on the ambitious card
 		31
Dai Vernon Tilt / Depth Illusion
32
Tomo Maeda New Era Moving Pips wrong prediction (card behind cellophane on card case) changes into right one by pip-moving
 		34
Tomo Maeda Match Transposition match is torn out of matchbook and lit, it transposes with all the unlit matches in the matchbook
 		37
Tomo Maeda BoxBack card case appears visually around deck
 		39
Tomo Maeda Pieces of the Future balloon is burst and deck of card appears, pieces of balloon predict card
 		43
Kennichi Kuroki Stanley Collins Meets Corinda four-phase rubber band through fingers, fooling
 		48
Kennichi Kuroki The Mystery of Width bill kind of unfolds as it is pushed through another bill
 		49
Kennichi Kuroki Cocktail Bill Penetration pen through bill
 		53
Kennichi Kuroki The Talisman Joker stapled to box transposes with selection
 		56
Kennichi Kuroki Illusion Box two matches are left in matchbook, their positions change...
 		60
Kuniyasu Fujiwara The Appearing Deck flat empty case is removed from wallet and folded in case shape, deck is removed
VariationsAlso published here 63
Kuniyasu Fujiwara The Card Machine
67
Kuniyasu Fujiwara The Joker Takes A Ride King on Joker vanishes bit by bit leaving a hole and is found next to selection
Related to 72
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Soft Spots pencil penetrates deck, only selection is really pierced
 		75
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Lie Detector with long narrow clear strip that is folded in various ways so different messages appear on it
 		79
Hiroyuki Sakai My Little Kaps c/s transposition with Chinese transformation kicker
 		84
Hiroyuki Sakai Imprisoned Rising Card out of box, gaffed box
 		88
Hiroyuki Sakai It Doesn't Fit! card flies out of box, several feet high, elastic
 		92
Hiroyuki Sakai The Perfect Assistant two signed selections, joker is torn in half face down, in wallet two half cards appear, each half selection, the halves on the table of the former joker match, gaffed
 		95
Hiroyuki Sakai The Flowing Pips multiple card transformations using blank cards, gaffs, ...
 		100
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition
101
Data entered by Denis Behr, June 2007.