Ashide-e (a picture in which decorative, cursive style of Japanese calligraphy, the characters of which resemble natural objects, is used) is a decorative painting pattern with characters and pictures combined, and it became popular in the latter half of the Heian period. |
平安後期に流行した文字と絵を組み合わせた装飾的絵模様の一種に芦手絵(あしでえ)がある。 |