papercut art; cutout picture
Refers to the art of cutting paper into decorative designs, or a picture made by this technique. Often associated with traditional Japanese crafts.
祖母は細かい切り絵を作るのが得意だ。
My grandmother is skilled at making intricate papercut art.
This cutout picture is cut from a single sheet of black paper.
paper cutouts; paper cutting craft
Standard kanji spelling for papercut art.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 切り絵.
Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting', the continuative form of 切る) and 絵 (e, 'picture'). The term straightforwardly describes a picture made by cutting.