① 藍を主色として、他の色を抑えた版画。江戸時代末期に行われ、葛飾北斎、歌川国貞などの作品に見られる。② 陶磁器に呉須を用いた藍色の絵模様。
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
deep purple; reddish indigo
① 藍瓶に浮かんだ泡の藍を取って乾かし、棒状にしたもの。また、古い藍布に苛性ソーダ水・飴・石灰などを加えて煮出した藍を棒状にしたもの。
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
green-cracking russula (Russula virescens); quilted green russula; green brittlegill
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
brown tinged with olive green and indigo