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Hyuga-kaya Table Go Board Masame 1.8 sun (about 56mm thick) 5-piece composition board No.76843 *Off-spec

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This Go board is Hyuga-kaya 1.8sun 5-piece composition table Go board *Off-spec.

This Go board is made from Hyuga Kaya wood, that is quite hard to get as material wood for Go board.
That is the highest quality material wood to make Go board.
The value is increasing as the wood will be rarer in the near future.

The lines of a board are marked using "Tachi-mori", the skill of drawing lines using a Japanese sword. This traditional technique highlights the beauty of natural grain patterns and the texture of lacquered line is smooth and has also a nice feeling.

The thickness of this popular board is approx. 2-sun (around 6.0cm).
Beautiful top board has yellowish wood color.

Top, bottom and cutting side has some inter-grown knots, color spot and wood bark remnants.
Both cutting side has remnants of wood-derived stains and inter-grown knots.
Both cutting side has some color spots derived from the wood materials.
Overall, there is an uneven coloration derived from the wood materials.
One cutting side has some small hall derived from the wood materials.
But they will not bother you in daily use.
Please check in the photo image.

This product is recommended as a gift, collection, and of course, can be used in Go games and matches.
"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.

"Hyuga kaya" is a special type of close-grained Japanese nutmeg tree grown and harvested in a mountainous area in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan.

The reason why Hyuga kaya from Miyazaki Prefecture is of the highest quality is because of the natural environment in which the tree grows.
The climate in southern Kyushu and the Miyazaki area has relatively big temperature differences between daytime and night time, a lot of rainfall, and strong direct sunlight, all of which help trees to produce clear-grain grains.
The wood grows on rocky terrain and requires several hundred years to grow into a tree large enough to be used as Go board material.
This is why it is considered a top-quality product, due to its rarity as well as its wood quality.
The grain of the wood is very fine and dense, so it rarely causes warpage or distortion.

Hyuga kaya boards are used in various title matches and famous tournaments.
The sound of the placing of stones on the board is very clear. Moreover, as it is used over the years, it will take on a refined candy-colored luster, further enhancing its maturity.

*Go board materials are explained detail in "How to choose a board".
Please take a look.
Go to "How to choose a board".
  • Hyuga Kaya 5-piece composition table Go board *Off-spec
    Masame 1.8 sun / about 56 mm thick
    Product No. : No.76844
    Size:456 mm × 426 mm × 56 mm
    Weight : About 5.2 kg
    Certificate included

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  • 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.
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    Please order items only after checking and accepting the condition of defects. Thank you.
    *'Defects' refer to any scratch and flaw.

    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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