水目 みずめ
mizume / Japanese Betula Grossa
It is also called Mizume-zakura because its bark and its look like cherry blossoms. This wood is quite smooth and easy to whittle similar to the cherry blossom. It is a widely used for the production in Yamanaka lacquerware, along with keyaki and tochi. The origin of the name of Mizume is that sap like water appears when the bark is damaged.
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Category : Batulaceae/ Betula
Form of Tree : Broad leaf tree
Other name : 梓（アズサ) azusa、夜糞峰榛（ヨグソミネバリ） yogusominebari
Quality : heavy an dhad. sensitive skin. high flexibility and easy tto minifacutre
Producing area : Honshu (main land) southern part from Niigata and Iwate, Shikoku, Kyushu(Mt.Takakuma) in the hills and mountains
Words for the tree : none
Birthday for the tree : 23th Febuary