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Shogi Pieces, Hon-tsuge(boxwood), Ten-ou (天王) made, Middle carved *Off-spec

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This is Hon-tsuge(boxwood), Ten-ou(天王)made, Middle carved piece *off-spec.
Piece is Chu-bori (High carved) letters, that are relatively clearly carved without being simplified. "Chu-bori" is a type of carving and is classified according to the degree of simplicity of the characters on the piece.

The order of complexity is as follows. The simplest one is Black carved, then Usually carved, Middle carved, High carved, and the most complicated one is Super high carved. Generally speaking, the more strokes a carving style has, the higher the grade is.
These pieces are machine carved pieces.
There are several pieces with chips and cracks.
Overall, there are small white spots on the pieces, but they are not very noticeable.
It can be used for normal games without any problem.

*Please check images and height size.
All Go stones, Go boards, Shogi pieces, Shogi boards, Go bowls, etc. are made using natural materials.
For this reason, some products may present defects such as flaw, stain, crack and/or wood knots, or damages caused at the time of manufacturing and/or storage, and thus they cannot be sold at full price.
We do not sell any product with significant defects. We may sell some products with minor defects as "off-spec products" at a discounted price upon confirmation that customers are duly aware of any defects in advance.
We try our best to describe the condition of any defect as precisely as possible using pictures and text.
Please order items only after checking and accepting the condition of defects. Thank you.
*'Defects' refer to any scratch and flaw.


The highest quality tsuge wood is considered to be domestically produced tsuge wood.
In particular, the best quality tsuge woods are produced in Mikurajima Island and in Satsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture.

This is a Japanese Hon-tsuge.

  • Shogi Pieces, Hon-tsuge(boxwood), Ten-ou made, Middle carved (将棋駒 本黄楊 天王作 中彫) *off-spec
    Product number: SG-TOCB-OT205-01
  • Contained in a paulownia box.
  • Actual shipping cost shall be coved by the customer.
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.

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