葦あし手で

noun

ashide; reed-hand painting

Historical Heian-period painting technique where characters of a poem are disguised as reeds, rocks, birds, and other waterside elements.

• 葦あし手では、平へい安あん時じ代だいの装そう飾しょく的てきな絵かい画が技ぎ法ほうの一ひとつです。

  Ashide is one of the decorative painting techniques of the Heian period.

• この屏びょう風ぶには、和わ歌かの文も字じを葦あし手でで描えがいた風ふう景けいが広ひろがっている。

  On this folding screen, a landscape is depicted with the characters of a waka poem rendered in the ashide style.

noun

ashide-style calligraphy

A handwriting style that mimics the disguised-character aesthetic of ashide paintings, often used in decorative writing.

• 葦あし手での書しょ風ふうは、文も字じが風ふう景けいの一いち部ぶのように見みえるのが特とく徴ちょうだ。

  The ashide calligraphy style is characterized by characters that appear to be part of a landscape.