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Puzzles by Maker > Puzzle Boxes - Japanese Yosegi

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	Japanese puzzle box 4 Sun 4 Step To open a Japanese puzzle box one or more sliding pieces hidden within the patterns on the box must be moved.   There are 4 separate moves or 4 steps to open this box. Imagine if someone has to find these moves before they can receive their gift.  Especially if you're giving an expensive gift the high quality craftsmanship make these secret boxes perfect. Traditional Japanese secret opening boxes were first made in the Hakone region from about the 1890's by master woodworker Ryugoro Okawa and are decorated with a veneer called yosegi zaiku marquetry a technique which originated in the late Edo Period.  This very precise process starts with gluing different coloured woods together to form the desired pattern.  Then very thin sheets called zuku are shaved with a special plane and glued on to the puzzle.  Because each puzzle box is handmade in Japan the pattern on each one will be very similar but may vary slightly from the photo shown here.  Size:  4 Sun (a traditional unit of measure to denote length)  Actual size outside: 119mm x 83mm x 52mm   Space inside:  75mm x 61mm x 38mm