染付(そめつけ)

染付 (そめつけ)

blue and white painting
染付とは、白い素地に藍色で絵付けをしたもので、透明の釉薬の下に描かれる下絵付(したえつけ)の一種です。

Cobalt

blue
JP: コバルト/こばると Chemical element in paint, used for sometsuke (blue and white painting).  Cobalt is used as a prime ingredient for most of sometsuke...

Fukizumi

fukizumi

JP: 吹墨/ふきずみ

Gosu

cobalt blue
JP: 呉須/ごす A natural mineral which consists mainly of cobalt oxide used in cobalt-blue pigment. Most of them were imported from mainly China. They ...