Book of illustrations - Kamie

Japanese: 帋絵 - かみえ
Book of illustrations - Kamie

…The pictures may be drawn in a way that involves applying color several times over a black ink drawing and then drawing the outline again in black ink, or they may be drawn in white ink. Usually, pictures are drawn on silk, but when a story is made into a picture, it is called a "kamie" and is usually drawn on paper. The entry for March 20, 1233, in the Meigetsuki, refers to "Pictures of Genji," and the Kanbun Nikki contains frequent entries on "Pictures of Genji" from the entry for May 16, 1438, onwards, and the entry for September 14 of the same year states that the "Ekotoba" was "continued" by a sutra master. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Book of Ets" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…絵は,墨書きの上に幾度か彩色を施して再び輪郭の線を墨で書き入れる作り絵の描法をとることも,白描でなされる場合もある。普通,絵は絹布にかくが,物語を絵にする場合は〈帋絵(かみえ)〉といい,料紙にかくのを常とした。《明月記》天福1年(1233)3月20日条に〈源氏の絵〉とあり,《看聞日記》には,永享10年(1438)5月16日条以下〈源氏絵〉に関する記事がたびたび見えており,同年9月14日条には,〈絵詞〉を経師に〈切続(きりつぎ)〉させたとの記事がある。…

※「帋絵」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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