embroidery and foiling; traditional Japanese embroidery with gold/silver foil
Refers to a traditional Japanese decorative technique combining embroidery (縫い) and impressed metallic foil (箔), often used on kimono and obi. The term is domain-specific to textile arts.
This obi is made using the embroidery and foiling technique.
Embroidery and foiling is often seen on Noh costumes as well.
刺繍 refers to embroidery in general, while 縫箔 specifically combines embroidery with metallic foil application.
箔 is the metallic foil itself; 縫箔 is the combined technique.
Standard kanji spelling for this traditional craft term.
Spelling with okurigana, also used.
Variant kanji form; 繍 is a less common character for embroidery.
Variant kanji form using the older 繡 character.
Compound of 縫い (nui, 'embroidery') and 箔 (haku, 'foil'), referring to the combined decorative technique.