Mokume-gane
（重定向自Mokume gane）
![Hamano Masanobu - Tsuba with a Hawk and a Sparrow - Walters Art Museum 51381](/Images/godic/202501/27/Hamano_Masanobu_-_Tsuba_with_a_Hawk_and_a_Sparrow_-_Walters_513815800.jpg")
![Mokume-gane brass/copper billet](/Images/godic/202501/27/Mokumebillet5800.png")
![Example of Mokume-gane patterns in gold and silver alloys](/Images/godic/202501/27/Gold_Mokume5800.png")
![[6]The piece above has been patterned using twisting, stock removal, forging and filing.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Mokume2-300x1825800.jpg")
Mokume-gane(木目金Mokumegane) is a Japanese metalworking procedure which produces a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns. Mokume gane translates closely to "wood grain metal" or "wood eye metal", describing the way the metal takes on the appearance of natural wood grain.