cut metal foil decoration; metallic foil strips or shapes for ornament
Refers to the material itself: thin metal foil (often gold or silver) cut into strips, squares, or other shapes used as decorative motifs in traditional crafts.
Cut metal foil is used in the decoration of Buddhist statues.
cut metal foil technique; applying cut foil with lacquer
Refers to the technique or process: cutting thin metal sheets into shapes and affixing them with lacquer to create designs, often representing natural elements like clouds.
Clouds are expressed using the cut metal foil technique.
Standard kanji spelling for this traditional craft term.
Variant using 截 instead of 切; less common.
Abbreviated okurigana form; seen but less standard.
Irregular okurigana usage; the reading きりかね is implied but the spelling is non-standard.
Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting') + 金 (kane, 'metal'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is associated with traditional Japanese decorative metalwork.