墨すみ摺ずり

noun

black-ink woodblock printing; black-ink woodblock print

Refers to both the technique and the resulting print. In ukiyo-e, it denotes prints made with sumi ink only, before color was added. Often contrasted with 色摺り (color printing).

• この浮うき世よ絵えは墨すみ摺ずりの段だん階かいで非ひ常じょうに美うつくしい。

  This ukiyo-e is very beautiful even at the black-ink printing stage.

• 初しょ期きの浮うき世よ絵えは墨すみ摺ずりが主しゅ流りゅうだった。

  Early ukiyo-e were mainly black-ink prints.