銅どう版はん画が

also: どうばんが

Meanings

1

copperplate engraving; etching

Refers to both the technique and the resulting print; often used in art contexts.

この銅どう版はん画がは18世せい紀きの作さく品ひんです。
This copperplate engraving is an 18th-century work.
美び術じゅつ館かんで銅どう版はん画がの展てん示じを見みた。
I saw an exhibition of etchings at the art museum.

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Usage patterns

銅どう版はん画がを彫ほるto engrave a copperplate
彼かれは工こう房ぼうで銅どう版はん画がを彫ほっている。
He is engraving a copperplate in the studio.
銅どう版はん画がを刷するto print a copperplate engraving
版はん画が家かは手て作さ業ぎょうで銅どう版はん画がを刷すった。
The printmaker printed the copperplate engraving by hand.
銅どう版はん画がを制せい作さくするto produce a copperplate engraving (as a work of art)
美び術じゅつ学がく生せいが卒そつ業ぎょう制せい作さくとして銅どう版はん画がを制せい作さくした。
The art student produced a copperplate engraving for their graduation project.

Kanji

銅copper
版printing block, printing plate, edition
画brush-stroke, picture

Related words

版はん画がN1
版画 is the general term for any printmaking technique, while 銅版画 specifically means a copperplate engraving or etching.
エッチング
エッチング is a loanword usually referring to the etching technique specifically, while 銅版画 can also cover engraving done with a burin.

Counted with

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Built from

銅どう+版はん画が

Written forms

銅版画
- どうはんが
  Standard kanji spelling; the primary reading is どうはんが.
- どうばんが
  Alternate reading どうばんが is less common but recognized.
どうばんが

Etymology

Compound of 銅 (copper), 版 (printing plate), and 画 (picture).