Board craftsman Mr.Miura of Yachimata Gobanten made Japan grown Hon-Kaya Go board with legs Kiomote 5.1-sun / 155 mm thick Haguruma-mori finish lines No.70001

This Luxurious Go board with legs is Board craftsman Mr.Miura of Yachimata Gobanten made Japan grown Hon-Kaya Go board with legs Kiomote 5.1-sun / 155 mm thick Haguruma-mori finish lines.
Although it is a kiomote board (front side of the wood), it is a beautiful board with relatively few imperfections.
The lines feature a Haguruma-mori* finish, created using a specially formulated lacquer blended in-house with genuine Japanese urushi, resulting in a beautiful glossy finish.
On the underside of the board, there is a seal mark reading "Yachimata Goban" (meaning Yachimata Go board workshop), certifying that it was crafted by Yachimata Gobanten.
*"Haguruma-mori" is a line-drawing technique that uses a uniquely developed tool created specifically for this purpose.

As it is a "Kiomote" cutting style board, there are areas of the board's surface with wood grain patterns.
There are habushi marks (intergrown knots) on the underside and sides, and traces of bark inclusion on the underside.
*Please check the photo images.
*Paulownia cover and Cotton cover includes.

Founded in 1971, this Go board workshop has been making Go and Shogi boards for over 50 years in Sanmu City, Chiba Prefecture.
The first generation trained as a traditional joinery craftsman before pursuing the path of a board craftsman.
Today, the craft is carried on by the second-generation board craftsman Mr. Katsumi Miura, who continues to create boards every day.
For more than half a century since its founding, we have devoted ourselves wholeheartedly to Go board making, pursuing nothing but the highest quality with unwavering passion.
From procuring the timber, to sawing, drying, and finishing it into a product—every step is carried out consistently in-house.
This is because we believe that the Go boards delivered to our customers must embody the highest quality, a pursuit that requires facing the material with sincerity and refining our skills day after day.
We sincerely hope that you will see and feel for yourself the craftsmanship cultivated over many years and the passion we have poured into each board.

Kaya is regarded as one of the best materials to make Go and Shogi boards, because of its good sound and feel when placing the stones, moderate elasticity, beautiful grain, color, gloss and luster, and aroma.
There are three types of kaya trees: "Hyuga Kaya" which is grown and harvested in a mountainous area in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan, "Japanese-grown honkaya" which is grown in other areas of Japan, and "Chinese-grown honkaya" which is mainly grown in Yunnan Province, China.
Generally, Japanese-grown honkaya is said to be better than Chinese honkaya in terms of quality.
The main difference between Japanese and Chinese kaya is the wood quality, caused by the natural environment where the tree was grown. Japanese kaya is usually lighter and more yellowish in color and has a unique wood aroma.
Depending on your preference, Japanese kaya is generally more highly valued than Chinese kaya, and the value and price of Japanese kaya tends to be higher due to the rarity of the wood.

In order to make a one-piece Go/Shogi board or board with legs, it is necessary to get a large tree between 200 and 800 years old.However, since logging is now prohibited in many forests in Japan, large-diameter kaya wood is almost impossible to find on the market.
The procurement of kaya is becoming more and more difficult and the Japanese honkaya Go board is getting rarer year on year.

*Go board materials are explained detail in "How to choose a board".
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"Kiomote" cutting style applies to the center (core) of the log and itame (flat grain) appears on the bottom surface of the board.
The top surface has a bigger oval bamboo shoot-like pattern or irregular pattern than kiura.
This cutting style is implemented only when the log has some problems such as knots or gum pockets that should be avoided to ensure kiura, so the kiomote board often has problems on the bottom side.

*Go board cutting styles are explained detail in "How to choose a board".
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• Board craftsman Mr.Miura of Yachimata Gobanten made Japan grown Hon-Kaya Go board with legs Kiura 5.1-sun / 155 mm thick Haguruma-mori finish lines
  Product No. : No.70001
  Size (height × width × thick ×leg) :
  About 460 mm × 428 mm × 155 mm × 125mm
  Weight : About 16.9 kg
  Included : Certificate, Paulownia cover and Cotton cover
• 1,000 JPY flat rate shipping within Japan, free shipping for purchases totaling 20,000 JPY or more.
  Please bear the actual cost for shipping charges outside Japan.

You may find small knots, burrs, rolled-in bark as all these products are made of natural trees.
There may be some small flaw or scratch, dent, chipping.