Cutting edge (art) - Cutting edge

Japanese: 切継(美術) - きりつぎ
Cutting edge (art) - Cutting edge

…Tsugishi is a decorative collection of various papers that are put together to make one sheet, and is famous as the paper for the Nishi Honganji edition of the Thirty-six Poets. There are three types of tsuguishi: kiritugi, habitugi, and jyutsugi. Kiritugi is cut in a straight line with a sword and pasted together. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kiritsugi (art)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…継紙とはいろいろな紙を装飾的に寄せ集めて一枚としたもので,西本願寺本〈三十六人集〉の料紙として名高い。継紙には切継ぎ,破継ぎ,重継ぎの3種がある。切継ぎは,刀で直線的に切って貼り合わせたものである。…

※「切継(美術)」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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