Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey I found this piece at

I found this piece at an estate sale in Marblehead

Almost everything about this one

In the 1960s

and small losses at bottom corners and a fold to bottom right corner

Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey I found this piece atI believe this was most likely made in Japan, early 20th century or so, as the manner and decoration reminds me very much of antique Japanese wooden nesting eggs and horse racing games inside treen boxes I've found on a few occasions. I've been having a bit of a moment with beautiful old labyrinth maze games puzzles, here with not one by six wooden balls that one wants to get through the opening on one side of "home" at the center. Beautifully