''Daruma Magazine'' was a quarterly English language magazine published in Amagasaki, Japan and devoted to

Japanese art Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ''ukiyo-e'' paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, and more recently manga and anime. It ...

and antiques. It was published by Takeguchi Momoko and edited by author Alistair Seton. It commenced publication in 1993. In addition to the major articles, each issue contained brief articles on

haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or se ...

woodblock prints Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. Each page or image is create ...

, and

ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is also known as . The tradition dates back to Heian period, when floral offerings were made at altars. Later, flower arrangements were instead used to adorn the (alcove) of a traditional Japan ...

. The magazine ceased publication in 2011, with Issue 70 (Vol. 18, No. 2) being its last.Momoko, Takeguchi. (Spring 2011). From Beginning to End, ''Daruma'', 18 (2), p. 10

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The magazine’s website
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