Kanji 組 association, braid, plait 籠 basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself 絵 picture, drawing, painting Related words 浮うき 世よ 絵え Ukiyo-e are flat woodblock prints, while 切組灯籠絵 are three-dimensional paper dioramas made from such prints.
ペーパークラフト A modern loanword for paper craft in general; 切組灯籠絵 refers specifically to the traditional Japanese diorama art.
Written forms 切きり 組くみ 灯とう 籠ろう 絵え
Standard kanji form for this traditional art term.
切き り 組く み 灯とう 籠ろう 絵え
Variant with okurigana; less common but still encountered.
Etymology Compound of 切組 (kirikumi, 'cut and assemble') and 灯籠絵 (tōrōe, 'lantern picture'), referring to a picture originally used in lanterns, later adapted into a cut-and-assemble paper diorama.
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