Kanji 絵 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

絵模様

えもよう

picturesque design

絵様

えよう

decorative carving

絵暦

えごよみ

traditional Japanese calendar with pictures

岩絵

いわえ

rock paintings

岩絵具

いわえのぐ

natural mineral pigments

戯絵

ざれえ

picture drawn in fun

錦絵新聞

にしきえしんぶん

nishiki-e shinbun

金銀泥絵

きんぎんでいえ

painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)

金蒔絵

きんまきえ

gold lacquer

九絵

くえ

longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)

形而上絵画

けいじじょうかいが

metaphysical art

建ち絵図

たちえず

building diagram

絹絵

きぬえ

picture on silk

源氏絵

げんじえ

genji-e

口絵

くちえ

illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication

江戸絵

えどえ

Edo-made ukiyo-e

江戸絵図

えどえず

map of Edo

高蒔絵

たかまきえ

embossed gilt lacquerwork

合戦絵巻

かっせんえまき

picture scroll depicting a famous battle

国絵図

くにえず

provincial maps of Japan (Edo period)

砂絵

すなえ

sand picture

作絵

つくりえ

tsukuri-e

三枚絵

さんまいえ

triptych

姿絵

すがたえ

portrait

止め絵

とめえ

still image (in animation)

死絵

しにえ

death portrait

似絵

にせえ

nise-e

漆絵

うるしえ

a lacquer painting

写し絵

うつしえ

mirror image (e.g. of society)

焼き絵

やきえ

pyrograph

笑い絵

わらいえ

comic picture

上絵

うわえ

printed figures (on cloth or pottery)

上方絵

かみがたえ

kamigata-e

色絵

いろえ

overglaze enamels (on pottery)

図絵

ずえ

drawing

水絵

みずえ

mizu-e

水彩絵の具

すいさいえのぐ

watercolors

水彩絵具

すいさいえぐ

watercolors

赤絵

あかえ

red painting on ceramics

切り絵

きりえ

cutout

切り絵細工

きりえざいく

paper cutouts

切り紙絵

きりかみえ

cutout

切り抜き絵

きりぬきえ

cutout picture

挿絵画家

さしえがか

illustrator

村絵図

むらえず

map of villages (Edo period)

大津絵

おおつえ

Ōtsu-e

大和絵

やまとえ

Yamato-e (classical Japan decorative paintings)

凧絵

たこえ

picture on a kite

丹絵

たんえ

tan-e

団扇絵

うちわえ

uchiwa-e

地獄絵

じごくえ

picture of Hell

地獄絵図

じごくえず

painting of a scene in Hell

地上絵

ちじょうえ

geoglyph (drawing on the ground)

抽象絵画

ちゅうしょうかいが

abstract painting

町絵図

まちえず

town map (Edo period)

長崎絵

ながさきえ

Nagasaki-e

鳥目絵

とりめえ

bird's-eye view

泥絵

どろえ

distemper painting

泥絵の具

どろえのぐ

colour wash

貼り絵

はりえ

collage

塗り絵

ぬりえ

picture for coloring in (colouring)

唐絵

からえ

Chinese painting

透かし絵

すかしえ

(artistic) transparency

日本浮世絵協会

にっぽんうきよえきょうかい

Japan Ukiyo-e Society

判じ絵

はんじえ

picture puzzle

判子絵

はんこえ

drawing every character in a similar way

板絵

いたえ

artwork on wood, canvas, metal sheet, etc.

扉絵

とびらえ

frontispiece

飛び出す絵本

とびだすえほん

pop-up book

浮世絵師

うきよえし

ukiyo-e artist

武者絵

むしゃえ

warrior picture (genre of ukiyo-e)

仏教絵画

ぶっきょうかいが

Buddhist painting

文字絵

もじえ

painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)

変わり絵

かわりえ

picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown)

墨絵風

すみえふう

ink painting style

密陀絵

みつだえ

painting with a glue and pigment mixture, coated with litharge oil for luster

役者絵

やくしゃえ

actor print

藍絵

あいえ

ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)

藍摺絵

あいずりえ

ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)

立ち絵

たちえ

drawing of a character in a standing pose (in video games)

屏風絵

びょうぶえ

picture drawn on a folding screen

騙し絵

だましえ

trompe l'oeil

鯰絵

なまずえ

woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)