Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey others like this one initialed

others like this one initialed on back (C

and this one from WWII-- designed for practicing two arm Semaphore and International Morse Code

In the 1960s

I found this piece at an estate sale in Marblehead

Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey others like this one initialedI 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