taisha　代赭

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Red ochre. A red pigment whose main component is ferric oxide (haematite) Fe2O3. Used in Japanese style painting *nihonga 日本画. The colour varies from a yellowish-red to a brownish-red depending on the exact composition of the soil from which it is taken. The name taisha is derived from the Chinese province Taishuu 代州 (Ch; Daizhou) where it was produced, and sha 赭 meaning red. The term taisha is sometimes used synonymously with *bengara 弁柄, a pigment *ganryou 顔料 with the same chemical base originally imported from Bengal, India, and used in paints, ceramic glazes, and overglaze enamels.

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