密みつ陀だ絵え

noun

mitsuda-e; litharge painting

A historical Japanese painting technique using litharge (lead monoxide) as a drying agent in oil-based pigments. The term is primarily encountered in art history contexts.

• 密みつ陀だ絵えは、奈な良ら時じ代だいに中ちゅう国ごくから伝つたわった技ぎ法ほうとされる。

  Mitsuda-e is said to be a technique introduced from China during the Nara period.

noun

glue-and-pigment painting with litharge oil coating

A variant technique where a glue-based pigment layer is coated with litharge oil to add luster. This sense is less common and may overlap with the first in general usage.

• この密みつ陀だ絵えは、膠にかわで溶といた顔がん料りょうの上うえに密みつ陀だ油ゆを塗ぬって光こう沢たくを出だしている。

  This mitsuda-e uses a glue-based pigment layer coated with litharge oil to produce luster.