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

Related Words

Compare: 錦絵(にしきえ) (brocade picture)

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