Luxury Go Equipment Bargains

Kaya Table Boards

Kaya is a special wood ideally suited for use as a go board, along with shell and slate stones, as the wood is neither too hard nor too soft. It also has a beautiful golden-yellow color that mellows with age.

Kiseido is offering the last two of its table kaya boards at steep discounts.

Item	Regular Price	Special Price
B214C: Kaya Table Go Board, 6.0cm thick	US$1,100	US$600.00
B214D: Kaya Table Go Board, 5.6cm thick	US$1,100	US$600.00

B214C is made up of five pieces of wood and B214D is made up of four pieces,
joined together by a go-board artisan.
Prices include shipping to Asia, Europe, and North America.

Shell & Slate Go Stones

Special Prices for Jitsuyo-Grade Shell & Slate Stones
Code	Thickness	Regular Price	Special Price
S31Y	8.4mm	$780.00	$550.00
S31J	8.4mm	$410.00	$290.00
S32J	8.8mm	$490.00	$340.00
S33J	9.2mm	$570.00	$400.00
S34J	9.5mm	$620.00	$480.00
S38J	10.7mm	$870.00	$600.00
S40J	11.3mm	$1,240.00	$800.00

Prices include shipping to Asia, Europe, and North America.

Besides thickness, the white stones are classified into two grades: yuki and jitsuyo. Yuki stones have many grains which run straight across the top. Jitsuyo stones have either irregular or indistinct grain lines.

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Keyaki Go Bowls

Item	Regular Price	Discount Price

T378L: Keyaki Go Bowls	US$340	US$240
T378EL: Keyaki Go Bowls	US$400	US$350

As can be seen from the image below, keyaki is a beautiful wood whose golden brown color is an excellent match with the color of kaya boards. The extra large bowls (T378EL) will hold up to 11.3mm-thick set of stones. The large bowls (T378L) will hold up to 10.0mm-thick stones.

Island Mulberry Bowls

The finest mulberry go bowls are carved from trees harvested on Mikura Island, part of an island chain bout 200 km south of Tokyo. Unfortunately, a volcano erupted on neighboring Miyake Island a few decades ago, so the trees there can no longer be harvested. Bowls from Mikura Island are highly prized by go-equipment connoisseurs. They have a reddish hue and one of their most appealing characteristics is that they glisten and change color as they are tilted in the light, highlighting their various grain patterns.

Tagami Sukeshiro was a famous artisan who was designated as a Japan National Treasure. He specialized in making bowls used in tea ceremony, but in the 1970s and 1980s, he crafted a number of go bowls made from Mikura Island mulberry. His "nom de plume" was Yoshiaki, the characters for which he carved on the back of each set of bowls he made. He died in the 1990s, well into his 90s.

T383L: Mikura Island Mulberry Bowls $1,900
The 9.8mm thick yuki-grade stones and the black slate stones fit comfortably in the Island Mulberry Bowls.

The Perfect Match

S35Y: Shell & Slate Stones, Yuki Grade, 9.8mm thick $850

This special set of of shell and slate stones comes in a paulownia box along with cloth pouches in which they can be safely stored. The 9.8mm thick yuki-grade stones and the black slate stones fit comfortably in the Island Mulberry Bowls. There are also two extra stones of each color to ensure that you will have the full complement of 181 black and 180 white stones.

Shipping charges are included in the price of the bowls and stones.
For details regarding this set of bowls and stones,
please send an email to Kiseido at
kiseido61@yahoo.com.

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