Japanese puzzle box 4 Sun 4 Step

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 boxes perfect.

Traditional Japanese secret opening boxes were first made in the Hakone region from about 1870 by master woodworker Ryugoro Okawa and are decorated with a veneer called yosegi zaiku marquetry. 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