| The reason why the paints are transferred through the silk sieve and rubbed with a palm for karakami, unlike the process for ordinary woodcuts that directly prints from the block, is that it aims to control the amount of pigments that are transferred and it produces a puffed up texture in the finished product. |
版画のように版木に直接絵具を刷毛塗りをせず、から紙は絹篩を通して絵具を移し、手の平でこするのは、顔料の着量の調節が目的で、ふっくらとした風合いのある仕上がりを得るためである。 |