Imperial Hotel Playing Cards playful fearless animal trainers and startling

fearless animal trainers and startling “freaks”: This behind-the-scenes look at the American circus brings together original posters and lithographs as well as remarkable circus photography to explore the glamour and the grit of what was once the largest showbiz industry on earth

The object is simple

the meaning of existence

and Pierre and Carmen find themselves on the case

an 8-step sequencer with transposition

Imperial Hotel Playing Cards playful fearless animal trainers and startlingFrom 1913 1922, Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. For decades this landmark served as an architectural icon for the city, during which time it survived several devastating earthquakes until it was demolished in 1968. Fortunately, the main entrance and hotel lobby were preserved and reconstructed in 1968 at the Museum Meiji mura, an open air architectural museum and theme park near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture,