Wooden Shogi game tiles. Set of 41 hand carved wooden tiles made in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Japanese characters on each. See also 2017.015.006 Shogi Game Board. The game was used after the war by evacuees who temporarily stayed at a house at 1813 University Avenue in Berkeley. Pieces have specific role (as in chess).
Made/Created
Date made
1940 - 1950
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Piece, Game
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Component, Game
Nomenclature Class
Game Equipment
Nomenclature Category
Category 09: Recreational Objects
Search Terms
world war II, Japanese internment camp
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
miscellaneous sizes...about 1" x 1" and 3/8 " thick.
