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Kagen Sound, 39, of Denver, Colorado, belongs to a small circle of world masters of the Japanese art of puzzle box creation. Yet nobody taught him how make one. He had to solve the puzzle himself.

“Himitsu-Bako” is the blanket term for the design and implementation of Japanese puzzle boxes. Beginning in the 1600s, craftsmen would manufacture the shells so that they could be opened only by the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Japanese puzzle is composed of ...

[Kagen Sound] is a woodworker and artist who gives a great behind-the-scenes look at his amazingly high-quality puzzle boxes (video). Not only do his varied puzzle box designs show his math background ...