Ikesaishiki - Live coloring

…As decorativeness increased from the end of the Middle Ages to the early modern period, the exterior was first painted with vivid colors and lacquer around the joints and doors, and then it spread to the entire surface, and buildings with completely painted and lacquered interiors also appeared. During the Edo period, the techniques also diversified, and in addition to the traditional flat coloring of ungen coloring, other techniques were used, such as okiage coloring, in which the lines of a pattern are raised with chalk powder, and ike coloring, in which lacquer is applied to the entire surface of a three-dimensional sculpture, and gold leaf is applied and the borders are blurred before coloring. In addition to black lacquer and vermilion lacquer, various techniques were used for lacquering, such as wood wax lacquer, which allows the base material to be seen, and roiro lacquer, which is polished to a finish. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "raw coloring" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中世末から近世にかけて装飾性が増大すると，外部においてもまず組物や扉回りに極彩色や漆塗が施され，やがて全面に広がっていき，内部も全面に彩色，漆塗を施した建築が現れる。江戸時代にはその手法も多様化し，彩色では繧繝（うんげん）彩色でも従来の平（ひら）彩色のほかに文様の線を胡粉で盛り上げて彩色する置上げ彩色や，立体的な彫刻に対しては全体に漆を塗り，金箔を押してから境をぼかして彩色する生（いけ）彩色などが行われた。漆塗も黒漆や朱漆のほかに，素地が見えるように透明の漆を塗る木地蠟塗，磨いて仕上げる呂色（ろいろ）塗など様々な手法が用いられた。…

※「生彩色」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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