Very Rare Japanese Goban Genuine Miyazaki KAYA Signed Go Table Board 10"H Usubata Distant mist

Distant mist

This style of bowl is favored by Japanese Buddhist sects for is low mellow tone

The collection original piece that this scan was taken from is a "First Stage" edition with only 60 impression every created making this image a truly rare treasure from 1937

25 cm) This bowl is in fine condition

Hand carved and made from one piece of keyaki or Japanse elm

Very Rare Japanese Goban Genuine Miyazaki KAYA Signed Go Table Board 10"H Usubata Distant mistThis Goban is truly special and very rare. It is made with genuine Kaya wood from Miyazaki prefecture from a tree at least 500 years old by ring count. Making this wood a sapling during the Muromachi period, surviving till 1925 when it was felled. All of the above information is written in calligraphy on the inside of the custom made Kiri wood lid. This board was discovered in a warehouse of antiquities in southern Japan where it had been resting