Art supplies - Gazai

Japanese: 画材 - がざい

〘noun〙① In painting, the materials used to paint a picture. The subject of a painting. ※Refuting Toyama Shoichi's Theory of Painting (1890)〈Mori Ogai〉 9 "When viewed from the perspective of the vast world of art materials, the field of genre painting is already narrow." ② Materials used to paint a picture. Paints, canvases, brushes, etc. ※Autumn in Sophia (1968)〈Itsuki Hiroyuki〉 1 "I no longer have to worry about the cost of art materials."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 絵画で、絵にかく材料となるもの。絵の題材。※外山正一氏の画論を駁す（1890）〈森鴎外〉九「若広大なる画材の府より見るときは、風俗画の領域既に狭し」② 絵をかくために用いる材料。絵の具、カンバス、筆の類。※ソフィアの秋（1968）〈五木寛之〉一「画材の費用に悩む事もなくなった」

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