Painted candles - E-ro-soku

…In contrast, crude candles were made by twisting a wick around a reed stalk to make a candle core, and pouring raw materials such as ox wax and whale wax into a cylindrical mold; this method was called “tsutsukake” or “gyoso.” Candles made at the time ranged from large ones called “sanhyakumekake candles” and “hyakume candles” to small ones called “kaishi candles” (also called “pocket candles”) and “goganji candles.” There were also “e candles” (also called “hana candles” or “nuri candles”), which had patterns of flowers and birds drawn on the surface of the candle and were painted in red, green, yellow, etc. “e candles” were known as a specialty of Aizu, and were mainly used for Hinamatsuri and Buddhist ceremonies. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "e-rousoku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これに対して粗製のろうそくには，アシの茎に灯心をからみ合わせて燭心とし，牛蠟，鯨蠟などの原料を筒形の鋳型に流し込んで作る仕方も行われ，これを〈筒掛〉または〈牛蠟〉などと呼んでいた。当時行われたろうそくには〈三百目掛ろうそく〉〈百目ろうそく〉などと呼ばれる大型のものから〈懐紙ろうそく〉(〈懐中ろうそく〉とも)，〈仰願寺（ごうがんじ）〉などと呼ばれる小型のものまであり，また〈絵ろうそく〉(〈華ろうそく〉，〈塗りろうそく〉とも)などといってろうそくの表面に花鳥などの模様を描いて，赤，緑，黄などの彩色を施したものもあった。〈絵ろうそく〉は会津の名産として知られ，主として雛祭や仏事などに際して用いられた。…

※「絵ろうそく」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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