Vintage Japanese Goban 2.75" ( 7cm) Thick Go Game Board Floor Board F6 Plate Gold scrollwork fills the intervening

Gold scrollwork fills the intervening iron-red ground throughout

5" (width x height x depth) (top = 26

and protection in Japanese culture

cold sake or other fine drinks

Yanagaba-bocho or willow blade knife are long and very thin shingle-sided knives used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare sashimi

Vintage Japanese Goban 2.75" ( 7cm) Thick Go Game Board Floor Board F6 Plate Gold scrollwork fills the interveningVintage Japanese 2. 75" thick Goban for the game of Go. Playing Go on a real Japanese floor board is a different experience from using a thin tabletop board. The thick wooden block produces a deeper, clearer click when stones are placed, a sound that the Nihon Ki in has long described as part of the proper atmosphere of serious play. This resonance comes from both the thickness of the block and the type of wood used. Traditional makers favor kaya, a