Dyed leather - Somekawa

Japanese: 染韋(染革) - そめかわ

A type of leather craft. Leather is made by softly tanning the hides of animals such as cows, horses, deer, and monkeys. It is different from leather, which means raw hides with hair from animals such as tigers, bears, and wild boars, and leather, which means processed hides made by removing the hair and oils and hardening them. Leather is mainly used for dyeing, and deer leather is the most common. To dye with a pattern, a stencil with the pattern cut out is placed over the leather and the dye is applied. Dyed leather with a pattern is also called painted leather.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

皮革工芸の一種。韋はウシ，ウマ，シカ，サルなどのかわを柔らかくなめした〈なめしがわ(鞣韋)〉のことで，トラ，クマ，イノシシなどの毛のある生皮を意味する〈皮〉，毛を取りあぶらを抜いて堅くした〈つくりがわ(理革)〉を意味する〈革〉とは区別される。染色するには主として〈韋〉を用い，なかでもシカの韋が多く，文様を染めるには，文様を切り抜いた型紙を当てて染料を引く。文様をあらわした染韋を〈絵韋(革)（えがわ）〉ともいう。

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