Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 31, 2010 07:45
13 yrs ago
Japanese term
礬水
Japanese to English
Science
Printing & Publishing
Context: 絵の具と和紙の相互作用ということでいうと、和紙の上に引く礬水というのも大事なんです。
Proposed translations
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| 3 | sizing |
cinefil
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| 3 | liquid glaze / liquid priming glaze |
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sizing
dousa 礬水
CATEGORY: art history / paintings
Also 礬沙, 陶砂. Sizing. Dousa is made by dissolving animal glue *nikawa 膠 in hot water, adding alum, boiling, and then adding cold water and cooling. It is used to coat paper and silk before painting to prevent ink and colours running. The formula for mixing dousa varies according to the season and the materials to be used. Untreated handmade Japanese paper *washi 和紙 is highly water absorbent. Inks consisting of small particles such as black carbon ink *sumi 墨 are absorbed and fixed between the paper fibers, but large particles of Japanese pigments *ganryou 顔料 remain on the surface while the nikawa solution used as a binder *baizai 媒剤 is absorbed. The pigment particles are not fixed to the picture surface, and unwanted blotting and spreading can occur. The dousa layer solves this problem by reducing the water absorption of the paper. Applying dousa is known as dousabiki 礬水引き, and paper sized with dousa is known as dousagami 礬水紙.
http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/d/dousa.htm
http://ukiyoenotsukurikata.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.h...
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siz･ing
■n.
2】(紙のにじみ止めに使う)サイズ剤,糊剤,陶砂.
glaze
【5】〘美術〙(色調調節のために)〈画面に〉透明な顔料[グラシ,ワニスなど]を塗る.
ランダムハウス英語辞典
CATEGORY: art history / paintings
Also 礬沙, 陶砂. Sizing. Dousa is made by dissolving animal glue *nikawa 膠 in hot water, adding alum, boiling, and then adding cold water and cooling. It is used to coat paper and silk before painting to prevent ink and colours running. The formula for mixing dousa varies according to the season and the materials to be used. Untreated handmade Japanese paper *washi 和紙 is highly water absorbent. Inks consisting of small particles such as black carbon ink *sumi 墨 are absorbed and fixed between the paper fibers, but large particles of Japanese pigments *ganryou 顔料 remain on the surface while the nikawa solution used as a binder *baizai 媒剤 is absorbed. The pigment particles are not fixed to the picture surface, and unwanted blotting and spreading can occur. The dousa layer solves this problem by reducing the water absorption of the paper. Applying dousa is known as dousabiki 礬水引き, and paper sized with dousa is known as dousagami 礬水紙.
http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/d/dousa.htm
http://ukiyoenotsukurikata.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.h...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-07-31 14:56:54 GMT)
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siz･ing
■n.
2】(紙のにじみ止めに使う)サイズ剤,糊剤,陶砂.
glaze
【5】〘美術〙(色調調節のために)〈画面に〉透明な顔料[グラシ,ワニスなど]を塗る.
ランダムハウス英語辞典
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6 hrs
liquid glaze / liquid priming glaze
1) My Nelson's Japanese Character Dictionary Defines 礬水 as "glaze" (which is a liquid coating that is applied on paper, ceramics, metal etc.)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/155736/m0u/礬水紙/
どうさ‐がみ〔ダウサ‐〕【礬＝水紙】
礬水を塗って乾かした紙。書画に用いる。
http://kotobank.jp/word/礬水
礬水【ドウサ】
どう‐さ 〔ダウ‐〕 【礬＝水／▽陶砂】
明礬(みょうばん)を溶かした水に、にかわをまぜた液。墨や絵の具などがにじむのを防ぐために紙・絹などに塗る。
2) The below mentions that 礬水 helps to make colors on the washi become fixed more easily. This is the reason my alternate answer is "liquid priming glaze"
Aahun_memo_review
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和紙に礬水（ドウサ）を塗り、絵の具を定着しやすくさせたもので、 品質の高い雲肌和紙はけっこう高価です。 知ってる人は当たり前に使う語でありどういう本なのか一発で分かりますが、知らなければ何のことだか全く分からない、 ...
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It can also be called a "liquid coating" but the dictionary definition was "glaze." I believe it is called a "glaze" is because it is made with an ingredient called alum (礬) which gives it the quality of a glaze.
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/155736/m0u/礬水紙/
どうさ‐がみ〔ダウサ‐〕【礬＝水紙】
礬水を塗って乾かした紙。書画に用いる。
http://kotobank.jp/word/礬水
礬水【ドウサ】
どう‐さ 〔ダウ‐〕 【礬＝水／▽陶砂】
明礬(みょうばん)を溶かした水に、にかわをまぜた液。墨や絵の具などがにじむのを防ぐために紙・絹などに塗る。
2) The below mentions that 礬水 helps to make colors on the washi become fixed more easily. This is the reason my alternate answer is "liquid priming glaze"
Aahun_memo_review
- [ Translate this page ]
和紙に礬水（ドウサ）を塗り、絵の具を定着しやすくさせたもので、 品質の高い雲肌和紙はけっこう高価です。 知ってる人は当たり前に使う語でありどういう本なのか一発で分かりますが、知らなければ何のことだか全く分からない、 ...
aahun.web.fc2.com/memo_review.html - Cached
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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-07-31 14:06:29 GMT)
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It can also be called a "liquid coating" but the dictionary definition was "glaze." I believe it is called a "glaze" is because it is made with an ingredient called alum (礬) which gives it the quality of a glaze.
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