noun
marbling print; paper marbling
A traditional Japanese technique of floating ink on water and transferring the pattern to paper. Also refers to the resulting print.
墨流しは、水面に墨をたらして模様を作る技法です。
Suminagashi is a technique of dropping ink onto water to create patterns.
この墨流しの紙はとても美しいですね。
This suminagashi paper is really beautiful, isn't it?
マーブリング is the general Western term for marbling, while 墨流し specifically refers to the Japanese ink-floating technique.
Compound of 墨 (sumi, 'ink') and 流し (nagashi, 'flowing'), referring to the process of ink spreading on water.