Rock art - Ganmenga (English spelling) rock art

Japanese: 岩面画 - がんめんが(英語表記)rock art
Rock art - Ganmenga (English spelling) rock art
Paintings, carvings, or reliefs on the walls or ceilings of caves or rock shelters, or on free-standing rock surfaces, where the rocks are not prepared for their creation. They are also called rock paintings or rock art. They were made during the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, and some belong to the historical period. The pigments used for paintings are natural: yellow, red, and brown from iron oxides, black from manganese oxides and charcoal, and white from limestone, seashells, eggshells, and bird droppings. There are no blues, and green is found only in the latest rock paintings in India.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
洞窟や岩陰の壁ないし天井や,独立した岩石の表面に施された彩画,刻画,浮彫で,それらを制作するために岩面が整えられていないもの。岩壁画,岩壁絵画ともいう。旧石器時代から新石器時代にかけて制作され,一部は歴史時代に属する。彩画の顔料は天然のもので,黄・赤・褐色が鉄酸化物から,黒色がマンガン酸化物と木炭から,白色が石灰石,貝殻,卵殻,鳥糞から得られた。青系統はなく,緑色はインドの最終段階の岩面画にのみ見られる。

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