多色(たしょく)刷(ず)り

たしょくずり
noun
multicolor printing
1. multicolor printing; multicolored print
A printing method that uses several colors of ink, as opposed to single-color (monochrome) printing; also a print made this way.
多色(たしょく)刷(ず)りの版画(はんが)。
A multicolor woodblock print.
この絵(え)は多色(たしょく)刷(ず)りで印刷(いんさつ)されている。
This picture is printed in multiple colors.
浮世絵(うきよえ)は多色(たしょく)刷(ず)りの技術(ぎじゅつ)によって、豊(ゆた)かな色彩(しきさい)を表現(ひょうげん)できるようになった。
Thanks to multicolor printing techniques, ukiyo-e came to be able to express rich color.

Composed of 多色(たしょく) (many colors) + 刷(す)り (printing). The す}り becomes {ず}り through rendaku. Strongly associated with traditional woodblock prints such as {錦絵(にしきえ).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 多色(たしょく)刷(ず)りの版画(はんが): a multicolor woodblock print
  • 多色(たしょく)刷(ず)りで印刷(いんさつ)する: to print in multiple colors

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 単色(たんしょく)刷(ず)り: single-color printing — the contrasting one-ink method
  • 錦絵(にしきえ): brocade picture — full-color ukiyo-e produced by multicolor printing
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