Wooden Shogi game board (image also shows tiles. See 2017.015.007 for info on set of 41 hand-carved wooden tiles). Board was made in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Board has 81 squares carved out (9 x 9 each way) and sits on 4 legs. There is a small hollowed out space underneath...for sound effects. The game was used after the war by evacuees who temporarily stayed at a house at 1813 University Avenue in Berkeley. The inscription on the back says it was made at the Gila River camp in Arizona.
Game has similarities to chess.
For interest only, a printout from Wikipedia showing how Shogi game is played is enclosed.
