Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey He's got one small nail

He's got one small nail just below one temple

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

64 pages unnumbered (including blank pages)

Almost everything about this one

Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey He's got one small nailI 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