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Shogi Pieces, Satsuma-Hontsuge(boxwood), Komatsu (香松作) made, Super-high curved, 錦旗 "Kinki" calligraphy style *Off-spec SG-KMTJ-OT104-01

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This is Satsuma-Hontsuge(boxwood), Kou-matsu(香松)made, Super-high carved piece *off-spec.

"Kinki-sho calligraphy" is very popular with its long history and dynamic writing. "Kinki" is a very popular calligraphy style engraved on Shogi pieces.
There is a famous saying among Shogi players, "playing Shogi cannot start without Kinki and cannot end up without Kinki".

"Super high carved" is a carving style of Shogi pieces. Carving styles are classified by the complexity of characters.
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.

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 color stains.
It can be used for normal games without any problem.

*Please check images.
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.

  • Shogi Pieces, Satsuma-Hontsuge(boxwood), Komatsu (香松作) made, Super-high curved, 錦旗 "Kinki" calligraphy style*off-spec
    Product number: SG-KMTJ-OT104-01
  • 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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