I made one myself, a customized white board. At first I had difficulty recognizing dark-squared bishops because they are also on light squares but with many games played I got used to it.
In the 1960's, USCF magazine gave instructions for build-your-own novelty chess sets. This sounds like one of them, but the elephant was the rook, not the bishop.
I also like the idea of playing western chess with shogi peices.
I made one myself, a customized white board. At first I had difficulty recognizing dark-squared bishops because they are also on light squares but with many games played I got used to it.