リトグラフ

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Meanings

Refers to the print produced by lithography, a planographic printing process using a flat stone or metal plate.

〈物もの〉を制せい作さくするto produce/create a lithograph
画が家かは新あたらしいリトグラフを制せい作さくした。
The artist produced a new lithograph.
〈物もの〉を刷するto print a lithograph
工こう房ぼうで限げん定てい版はんのリトグラフを刷すった。
They printed a limited edition lithograph at the workshop.
〈物もの〉を収しゅう集しゅうするto collect lithographs
彼かれは有ゆう名めい画が家かのリトグラフを収しゅう集しゅうしている。
He collects lithographs by famous artists.

石せき版ばん画が
石版画 is the native Japanese term for the lithography printing process and its prints, while リトグラフ is the loanword commonly used in modern art contexts.
リス
リトグラフ is the common, transparent katakana term for a lithograph, whereas リス is a rare, specialized shortening used mainly in art or catalog contexts.

エッチング
エッチング uses acid to bite lines into a metal plate, whereas リトグラフ (lithograph) prints from a flat stone or plate using grease and ink, so learners sometimes mix up the two printmaking methods.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Borrowed from French 'lithographie', ultimately from Greek 'lithos' (stone) + 'graphein' (to write).