enogu　絵具

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Paint. Usually refers to an insoluble pigment *ganryou 顔料 or soluble dye senryou 染料, mixed or dissolved in a binder *baizai 媒剤 or thinner youbai 溶媒. Types of paint such as oil paint abura-enogu 油絵具 and watercolour mizu-enogu 水絵具 are classified according to the binding medium used. Japanese paintings *nihonga 日本画 are usually made with insoluble mineral pigments in a binder of animal glue *nikawa 膠. See *iwa-enogu 岩絵具. Examples include the red pigment *shu 朱, green *rokushou 緑青 and blue *gunjou 群青.

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