Very Rare Japanese Goban Genuine Miyazaki KAYA Signed Go Table Board 10"H Usubata This is an antique Japanese

This is an antique Japanese Maru Obi a type of sash typically worn around the waist with a kimono

1860's) wooden carving with flowers

Hand carved and made from one piece of keyaki or Japanse elm

A cluster of small spots is visible near the lower hem

The writing on the from says "Please Tea" as in

Very Rare Japanese Goban Genuine Miyazaki KAYA Signed Go Table Board 10"H Usubata This is an antique JapaneseThis Goban is truly special and very rare. It is made with genuine Kaya wood from Miyazaki prefecture from a tree at least 500 years old by ring count. Making this wood a sapling during the Muromachi period, surviving till 1925 when it was felled. All of the above information is written in calligraphy on the inside of the custom made Kiri wood lid. This board was discovered in a warehouse of antiquities in southern Japan where it had been resting