New wood plane?

You would be forgiven for thinking the following was a Japanese plane.

In fact it’s the top of a box for shaving Katsuobushi : dried , fermented skipjack tuna or bonito.
Katsuobushi comes a solid lump of resin like material which is difficult to shave with any other tool.
Unlike a wood plane, this one remains fixed in the box and you push the katsuobushi block towards the blade causing the shavings to gather in the box below.

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