絹けん本ぽん

noun

silk canvas; artwork on silk

Refers to silk used as a painting surface, or to a painting or calligraphic work executed on silk. Often contrasted with 紙本 (works on paper).

See also: 紙本

• この掛かけ軸じくは絹けん本ぽんに描えがかれている。

  This hanging scroll is painted on silk.

• 展てん覧らん会かいでは絹けん本ぽんの作さく品ひんが多おおく展てん示じされていた。

  Many works on silk were exhibited at the exhibition.