Itame

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Japanese term for bent or irregular grain of a wooden go board.

There are two kind of Itame cuts:

  • kiura, (木裏, lower right of diagram) the better one, with older wood ring toward the top
  • kiomote, (木表, upper right of diagram) less valuable, older wood ring toward the bottom


See also masame.

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