ツガ
ツガ

ツガ

  • Southern Japanese Hemlock
  • マツ科ツガ属
  • 日本

柾目の美しい木

針葉樹としては重硬な材質で木目が詰まり糸のような柾目(糸柾)が美しいため建材として用いられる他、樹皮からタンニンを取り漁網を染めるのに使われた。また、秋篠宮文仁親王のお印に用いられている。 柱、長押、敷居などの建築材、梱包材などに使用される。

Beautiful grain of straight grain

As a coniferous tree, it is heavy-duty material and it is used as a building material because it is packed with wood grain and the grain like thread is beautiful (thread grain) is beautiful, besides being used as a building material, it was used to dye tannin from the bark and to dress the fishing net. It is also used as a sign of Prince Fumihito Akishino. Used for building materials such as pillars, long presses, doorsill and packaging materials.