Baren - Baren

Japanese: バレン - ばれん

Although it is a printing tool used in Japanese woodblock prints, baren has become an international word. There are ateji characters such as umaren, umaren, and haren. It is said to be a corruption of the Korean word ma-ryotsu (a printing tool made from a horse's mane), but the origin is unknown. It is also unclear when it first came into use, but it was commonly used during the Edo period. A disk-shaped "atekawa" (available in various sizes up to about 20 cm in diameter) made by gluing together about 40 sheets of thin Mino paper or ganpishi paper and coating them with lacquer is placed on top of a disk made of bamboo bark wrapped in a spiral shape, and then wrapped in flexible bamboo bark.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の木版画の刷具であるが，barenは国際語になっている。馬連，馬簾，波連などの当て字がある。朝鮮語のマーリョツ(馬のたてがみでつくった刷具)の転訛ともいわれるが，語源は不明。いつごろから用いられたかも不明であるが，江戸時代には常用されていた。薄い美濃紙あるいは雁皮紙を40枚ほど貼り合わせ，漆を塗った円板状の〈当て皮〉(直径20cmくらいまで大小ある)に，竹の皮で編んだこよりを渦巻状に巻いた円板を合わせ，しなやかにさせた竹の皮で包んだもの。

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