カキ
- Kaki Persimmon
- カキノキ科カキノキ属
- 日本/アメリカ
きわめて希少な最高級材、神秘の木
数百年の古木でも幹径は1ｍにもならない小径木だが、希少価値が極めて高く、最高級材のひとつ。柿の木が数百年の樹齢を重ね古木になると、柿の成分と土中の成分が反応し希に墨で書いたように黒い紋様が入るものがある。これを黒柿といい、和室用材や碁石を入れる碁笥の最高級品とされる。
An exceedingly rare, top-grade material—a mysterious wood
Even after several centuries, this is still a small-diameter tree, with a trunk less than one meter across, yet it is exceptionally rare and valuable—one of the finest grades of timber. When a persimmon tree grows old, reaching several hundred years of age, its compounds can react with substances in the soil, occasionally producing black patterns that look as if they were painted with ink. This wood is called kuro-gaki, or black persimmon, and is prized as a top-grade material for traditional Japanese interiors and for go bowls used to store Go stones.