屏風 Flashcards
屏風
びょうぶ - folding screen
緞子
どんす - damask, brocade; reversible figured silk with a woven pattern
胴張り、骨縛り-べた
どうばり、ほねしばり-べた
Pasting the 2nd layer and binding and tightening the previous ほねしばり
喰裂
くいさき - fiber cut, water cut
袋
ふくろ - a sheet of paper which separated the painting from the panel. The painting is directly attached to the fukuro, but there is a space between the fukuro layer and the panel so that a spatula can remove the painting without the aid of moisture. Called uke in Kyoto/Osaka region
袋掛け
ふくろかけ - square sheets of paper attached only by thin edges to the screen structure
風呂先屏風
ふろさきびょうぶ - a two panel folding screen used today as a backdrop for the tea ceremony. Originally used to block the wind to allow water to boil
襖
ふすま - portable partitioning, lightweight silk or paper panels
青金
あおきん - blue gold - gold with higher silver content
檜
ひのき - Japanese cypress
反故
ほうぐ - recycled paper - once used for book format office docs so each sheet is the same size. Small book size papers are joined to make rolls
骨縛り
ほねしばり - the first underlayer of a screen; binds the lattice under-core structure with a paper layer
細川紙
ほそかわし - paper made in Ogawamachi, Saitama near Tokyo. Very strong, long-fibered kozo that comes in different weights and thicknesses
表具師
ひょうぐし - a scroll or scroll mounter in the Kansai area
框
かまち - strainer, outer framing members of a wooden lattice
小縁
こべり - narrow inner borders measuring from 1 bu to 3 bu. Regular full size folding screens commonly have 2.5 bu koberi
腰屏風
こしびょうぶ - half the height of a standard byōbu screen, coming to the level of a hip (2 shaku 8 sun). 2-6 panels in size. Also called まくら屏風
組子
くみこ - inner cross members of a wooden lattice. They prevent warping of the lattice
経師屋
きょうじや - shops that make sutra handbooks, hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, and screens
漆
うるし - lacquer, produced from the Chinese lacquer tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum
前尾瀬
まえおぜ - front hinges
奥尾瀬
おくおぜ - back hinges
枕屏風
まくらびょうぶ - used for blocking off or dividing the sleeping area; 1 shaku 4 sun, also called ko byōbu
丸包丁
まるぼうちょう - round knife used to cut fabric, paper, straw and anything with fibers. Round shape means that the blade does not pull fibers