藍あい摺ずり

noun

indigo ukiyo-e print

Historical art term for a type of ukiyo-e print using mainly shades of indigo, sometimes with touches of vermilion or yellow.

• この藍あい摺ずりは江え戸ど時じ代だい後こう期きの作さく品ひんです。

  This indigo ukiyo-e print is a work from the late Edo period.

noun

indigo leaf rubbing; indigo leaf dyeing

A traditional technique of staining fabric or paper by directly rubbing fresh indigo leaves onto the surface to transfer the pattern.

• 藍あい摺ずりは、藍あいの生なま葉はを布ぬのにこすりつけて染そめる技ぎ法ほうです。

  Indigo leaf rubbing is a technique of dyeing cloth by rubbing fresh indigo leaves onto it.