Yuki
Keywords: Culture & History
Yuki is the Japanese name for the grade of shell stones that many consider the perfect White stones. Shell stones as a class are preferred to glass or plastic.
Yuki will have the grain run straight across the stones without a bend. Lower grades of stones include tsuki (curved grain on stones) and jitsuyo (which have an indistinct grain).
Important in the aesthetics of Go. -- Tim Brent