sotoguma 外暈
KEY WORD : art history / paintings
 
Also written 外隈. Lit. exterior shading.

1 A shading *kumadori 隈取 technique where ink or color are applied just outside of the outlines of the object to give a three-dimensional effect.

2 In Buddhist art, sotoguma refers to shading added as a background, making an object appear to float in space. In the case of an all-white subject, such as a white-robed Kannon *Byakue Kannon 白衣観音 or a white crane, and also in some cases of subjects painted with bright pigments, the background area is shaded with ink to emphasize the subject.
 
 

 
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