屏風絵(びょうぶえ)

びょうぶえ
noun
folding-screen painting
art
1. folding-screen painting
A painting executed on the panels of a 屏風(びょうぶ) (folding screen); a major format of traditional Japanese painting.
美術館(びじゅつかん)で屏風絵(びょうぶえ)を見(み)た。
I saw a folding-screen painting at the museum.
この屏風絵(びょうぶえ)には松(まつ)が描(えが)かれている。
Pine trees are painted on this folding screen.
江戸(えど)時代(じだい)の屏風絵(びょうぶえ)は金箔(きんぱく)を使(つか)ったものが多(おお)い。
Many Edo-period folding-screen paintings use gold leaf.

A traditional painting format using the surface of a 屏風(びょうぶ); many famous works (e.g. 風神雷神図(ふうじんらいじんず)) are 屏風絵(びょうぶえ).

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