False heartwood - Gishinzai

Japanese: 偽心材 - ぎしんざい
False heartwood - Gishinzai

…When there is no heartwood color in the center and only a moisture difference is present, it is called mature wood. Also, when the center becomes dark due to disease or other factors, it is called false heartwood.
[Material]
The shape of the trunk is generally long and conical or bullet-shaped, and those that do not taper much from bottom to top are called full-bodied wood (urabutori wood), while those that taper significantly are called top-killed wood (uragoke wood).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "false heartwood" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中心部分に心材色がなく,水分差だけがあるときは熟材と呼ぶことがある。また,病害などの影響で中心部が濃色になったものを偽心材と呼ぶ。
[材質]
 幹の形は一般に長い円錐形または砲弾形であり,下から上への細りの少ないものを完満材(うらぶとり材),細りの著しいものを梢殺材(うらごけ材)という。…

※「偽心材」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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