horinuri　 彫塗

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

A method of color application in *yamato-e やまと絵, whereby the underdrawing in ink *sumi 墨 is not painted over, which preserves the vigor of the brush strokes. Often employed for the coloring of clothes in depictions of human figures. The opposite is *hiranuri 平塗, in which colors are applied completely over the sumi underdrawing .

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