Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey but I'm not sure what

but I'm not sure what it was

In the 1960s

others like this one initialed on back (C

64 pages unnumbered (including blank pages)

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

Beautiful Old Wooden Labyrinth Game with Hand-painted Lid, Presumed Japanese stained wood whimsey but I'm not sure whatI 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