dami-e 　濃絵

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

1　The traditional term for kinpeki nousaiga 金碧濃彩画, a painting which has strong colors, particularly mineral pigments such as ultramarine *gunjou 群青 or copper green *rokushou 緑青, that are applied thickly to a gold or silver foil background. 2　A style of painting that employs bright colors. Dami-e was popularly employed for screen and sliding door paintings *shouheiga 障屏画 of the Momoyama period when an interest in castle-building increased the popularity of large, brightly colored decorative paintings. This style came to represent the period and was widely disseminated in the screen paintings of temples and wealthy residences.

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