Solid walnut Ban Sugoroku. Handmade board

Ban Sugoroku: Ancient Japanese Game and the Ancestor to Backgammon.

Ban Sugoroku first becomes documented in Japan around the 6th C. AD and remained popular into the Edo Period, when it found favor as a gambling game. The game was outlawed in Feudal Japan and even owning a board could result in your death. The game is believed to be the direct ancestor of modern Backgammon and indeed the board as it sits could be used in conjunction with modern Backgammon rules if one wished.

The board is made of solid European walnut wood.

The thin lines are hand-carved.

The natural wood texture has been saved.

Only wood, linseed oil and wax.

Board size 

436x175x47 mm / 17.15"x6.9"x1.85"

Height with legs - 63 mm / 2.5"

Board weight is about 2.75 kg

Pieces: one-convex YunZi stones (game Go stones)

All pictures are actual.