紅べに嫌ぎらい

noun

benigirai; ukiyo-e print style omitting vermilion

Historical term from ukiyo-e art. Refers to a style of woodblock print that deliberately avoids the use of vermilion (紅) pigment, often due to sumptuary regulations or aesthetic choice.

• 紅べに嫌ぎらいの浮うき世よ絵えは、幕ばく府ふの奢しゃ侈し禁きん止し令れいの影えい響きょうで生うまれた。

  Benigirai ukiyo-e prints emerged under the influence of the shogunate's sumptuary laws.