Kagen Sound is one of the world’s foremost puzzle craftsmen, celebrated for innovative and intricate mechanisms housed in elegant wooden boxes of exceptional beauty.  In 2018 Kagen produced four different maze boxes.  This one, in maple, is his one labeled "difficult".  It is gorgeous, and a very fun solve.Kagen Sound description:This is the difficult version of the four circle maze boxes. It features a rotating stainless steel maze in a Curly Maple box. A small pin must be navigated to the...

Sakura Mochi by Karakuri founder and master craftsman Akio Kamei takes the form of a traditional Japanese Cake.  It is absolutely stunning, with a difficult to find solution.Karakuri product description: This work was made for the exhibition with the theme Spring. The leaf of the cherry tree is wood inlay made by Haruo Uchiyama. The mechanism is behind the leaf.Size: 140 x 120 x 42 mmMaterial: mizuki (dogwood), rose wood, oak, etc.Condition: PerfectBuyer to pay shipping, calculated after auc...

Yoh Kakuda is famous for whimsical puzzles with cute animal themes and narrative style.  The story for Tunnel Maker involves a mole searching for food and making a tunnel.  It has an inventive solution that will make you smile when solved.Karakuri product description:This work was designed as a Christmas present for 2019.The mole is looking for food. He is doing his best to find food but can't catch anything. The mole followed the earthworms and started digging. After a while, the mole was abl...

Hiroshi Iwahara produced a series of 6 cube-shaped "Link Type Box" puzzles, each featuring intricate movements that interconnect across multiple faces of the cube.  This one is called Silver with a Dummy.  As is expected from this long-time Karakuri member, this puzzle box is elegant in form, precise in construction, and complex in its motions.Karakuri product description: Confetto Box (RF-39) was developed systematically. A different maze was made on the same structure. The top links with th...

Shiro Tajima is an early Karakuri craftsman who created only a limited number of highly creative puzzle boxes.  Flemin' appears as an innocuous cube but opening it is surprisingly challenging.  You'll find the first move pretty easily, but you'll go round and round trying to find the key next step.  And once you do open it you'll  also enjoy seeing the delightfully simple mechanic behind it all.  The puzzle is a bit tight but still quite solvable.(Note that Tajima apparently did not depart ...

Absolutely incredible and adorable - a bear holding a moon.  The puzzle is large and beautiful, and looks fantastic on display.Karakuri product description:A bear is longing for the moon bear.Because they have beautiful crescent moon pattern shining on their chest.The drawer will open when the bear's wish comes true.Size: 85×52×160mmMaterial: walnut, lacquer tree, etcCondition PerfectBuyer to pay shipping, calculated after auction. Insurance is optional, to be paid by buyer. Please wait for t...

Just WOW.  Enormous Karakuri with an ingenious 3D N-ary puzzle mechanic that moves across the puzzle's various faces and facets.  What is going on inside that makes this work?Karakuri product description:This work was designed for Karakuri Puzzle Party in Hakone 2019.It’s developed version of “Aquarius Drawer”. Each device moves in 5 steps. 5 devices move in intertwining. First drawer opens at 5 step. Second drawer opens at 241 step. Each maze was designed by shortening the maze of Quina...

Spring Camera is considered by many to be Kawashima's masterpiece, and one of the top Karakuris of all time.  It is meticulously modeled after an antique camera, and as with the best Karakuris, the solution mirrors the object's function.  But only so far.  You must remember that you haven't finished solving a Kawashima puzzle until you see his signature "hanko" stamp.  This puzzle is magnificent in its craftsmanship in addition to providing a fantastic puzzle experience - which is why it is ...

Beautiful Karakuri with clever solution by Kawashima.  Hmm, why is one face a different color than the others...?Karakuri product description:This work was designed as a Christmas present for 2020.The theme is the phases of the moon.It's relatively easy for me to create a complicated Karakuri box by increasing the number of moves, but it's not so easy to create a convincing box with fewer moves.Compared to my Christmas presents of the past, the theme and the trick are clearer, although it may b...

Sharaku Secret Box (Uchiyama’s Wood Inlay Art)  Karakuri Box Puzzle BoxThis traditional Japanese Yosegi(marquetry) style secret box. The box is designed with beautiful wood inlay featuring “Sharaku”, a famous Japanese ukiyo-e print by Haruo Uchiyama. Also There is inlay art of cranes, which is a symbol of Mr. U’chiyama’s design.He is an award-winning master craftman of wood inlay work. Also He created works in collaboration with Mr. Akio Kamei who is master craftman of Karakuri Creati...

Karakuri Test Tube Box Karakuri box is the ultimate woodworking item, combining the idea of "karakuri" handed down from generation to generation with new "karakuri" create from the rich imagination of craftsmen, which are then realized through precise and delicate processing.Also this box is decorated with marquetry (Hakone Yosegi).*Brand new condition, with the Box & Solution envelope, 3 Glass test tube included.The box mechanism works perfectly. Size : 125×115×100mm————————...

Money Bank by Akio Kamei KCG Karakuri Box Puzzle BoxThis Money Bank puzzle box was created Akio Kamei in 1987. Who is a Karakuri Creation Group’s master of craftsman. It is his classic work and  features very interesting mechanism. a beautiful shape and grain of box as a piece of art. it will be a perfect interior decorating item on your shelf.The Kamei’s Stamp is on the inside of the box.* Excellent condition, with the Original Box and Solution Sheet (written in Japanese)Size : 80×80×60...