bird's eye

Japanese: bird's eye(英語表記)birdseye
bird's eye

…Its wood is as excellent as maple and sugar maple and has a wide range of uses, but it is particularly used for the sides and backs of violins, and even today, all high-quality violins are made from this wood, including those made by Stradivarius and others. In particular, boards with a bird's eye-shaped grain, known as bird's eye, are highly prized. For the tops, wood from the genus Picea in the Pinaceae family is used. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "bird's eye" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その材はイタヤカエデやサトウカエデと同様に優秀で広い用途があるが,中でもバイオリンの側板および裏甲板としての特用があり,ストラディバリなどの名器をはじめ,今日でも高級バイオリンにはすべてこの材が用いられている。とくに鳥眼杢(ちようがんもく)(bird’s eye)といわれる鳥の目状の杢のある板が賞用される。ちなみに表甲板にはマツ科トウヒ属の材が用いられる。…

※「bird's eye」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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