Go Board craftsman Mr. Torayoshi Yoshida made Hyuga kaya 1.7-Sun(52mm thick) Kiomote 1-piece Table Go Board No.79061F

Hyuga kaya 1-piece board.
Hyuga Kaya wood is very hard to find nowadays, so this new 1-piece board is very rare and can only be made with large diameter wood.
The aroma of Hyuga Kaya wood and the soft wood quality of Hyuga Kaya wood give you the best hitting experience.
This board is Kiomote, there is a Itame part in some of top surface.
The top, the bottom, one cutting side, and the side have some intergrown knots.
Light-colored stain can be seen on one side.
The bottom have a large joint of a tree.
*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.

"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".

"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".
Please take a look.
Go to "How to choose a board".

Product
board craftsman Mr. Torayoshi YOSHIDA made Hyugan Kaya wood 1-piece table Goboard
Kiomote 1.7-Sun / 52mm thick
Item No.79061F
Size (height×width×thick×leg)
458 mm × 424 mm × 52 mm
Weight : About 5.1kg
Included：Certificate

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.