Painted leather - Egawa

Japanese: 絵韋(革) - えがわ
Painted leather - Egawa

…For dyeing, leather is mainly used, especially deer leather, and to dye with a pattern, a stencil with the pattern is placed over the leather and the dye is applied. Dyed leather with a pattern is also called “egawa”. Another type of colored leather is fusubegawa, which is made by placing cedar leaves over leather with a stencil on it and coloring it all brown. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "e-wai (leather)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…染色するには主として〈韋〉を用い,なかでもシカの韋が多く,文様を染めるには,文様を切り抜いた型紙を当てて染料を引く。文様をあらわした染韋を〈絵韋(革)(えがわ)〉ともいう。色をつけた韋には,ほかに熏韋(ふすべがわ)があり,これは型紙を当てた韋にスギの葉をふすべて褐色に着彩したものである。…

※「絵韋(革)」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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