Board craftsman Mr.Torayoshi Yoshida made Shin-kaya special dimension of 9*9-ro Shihou-koguchi 2.9-Sun (about 88 mm thick) Table Go Board No.79041F

Special dimension of 9*9-ro Shin-kaya one-piece board.
This 88 mm-thick table Go board is the super high grade with extraordinary presence.

This Go board is a beautiful board without any complaints, and the rare item with no particular defects point.
*Please check the photo images.

Yoshida Gobanten was established in 1916 and continuously made various Go and Shogi boards for more than 100years.
The owner takes over the name of 'Master Yoshida Torayoshi' for generations.
All the boards made by the 3rd and 4th generation of Yoshida Torayoshi, the present owner, have engraved words of Ichi-jo (一如) in Chinese character, as the evidence of his work.
The word 'Ichi-jo' is a part of famous four-character idiom 'Busshin Ichi-nyo (物心一如)', that literally means 'matter and mind are one/body and mind as one'.
This implies a strong will that when we make boards, our board and mind are as one.
The engraved words 'Ichi-jo (一如)' is the evidence of Go master, who made this board with his spirit and board as one.
We are happy to offer these special boards made by the Go board master Mr. YOSHIDA Torayoshi, for his devotion and his long years of experience and outstanding technique.

Shin-kaya wood, also known as "new kaya", is a spruce wood grown mainly in North America, which is different from Japanese kaya.
Spruce wood is widely used because it grows straight, is odorless, has low oil content, is easy to process, and is in good supply, making it relatively inexpensive to produce Go/shogi boards.
Spruce board is sold at an affordable price but it has a similar grain and color to honkaya but is not as high quality as honkaya wood.
The quality of the spruce is comparable to that of honkaya or Hyuga kaya, but it is less prone to deformation and cracking.
Spruce wood is also used as SPF (spruce, pine, fir) material for furniture and building materials, but unlike kaya wood, it shows significant deterioration over time, such as changes in wood color, and has a shorter life span.

*Go board materials are explained detail in "How to choose a board".
Please take a look.
Go to "How to choose a board".

• Product
  Board craftsman Mr. Torayoshi YOSHIDA made Shin-kaya special dimension of 9*9-ro, Shihou-koguchi 2.9-Sun 1-piece table Go board
  Shihou-koguchi 2.9 sun / 8.8 cm thick
  Item No.79041F
• Size (height×width×thick×leg)
  219 mm × 200 mm × 88 mm
• Weight : About 2.0 kg
• Included : Certificate


• 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.