切きり金かね

noun

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.

• 仏ぶつ像ぞうの装そう飾しょくに切きり金かねが使つかわれている。

  Cut metal foil is used in the decoration of Buddhist statues.

noun

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.

• 切きり金かねの技ぎ法ほうで雲くもを表ひょう現げんする。

  Clouds are expressed using the cut metal foil technique.