How do Japanese joiners get that crazy cool contrast grain?

[Caleb Crosby]

I'm tooling up to make 8 coffee table replicas of a table my dad made that I just really like. The tops are a solid plank 1.5 x 16 x 48 but I came across some figured cherry I liked so much I bought 4 big sticks about 2 x 8 x 12 so I'll have to glue them up - ideally- with a center contrast wood down the seam. I am trying to learn/source how Japanese woodwrights use amazingly consistent often diagonal grains ////// for great contrast effects, I thought if I could find a diagonal grain I could oppose them into a >>>>>> pattern down the center of table - so that's my quest -

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Where can I find a grain pattern like the center of this photo?

It's crazy cool. I want to try it.

Thanks
Caleb
New Orleans