水墨画

• 読み: すいぼくが
• ローマ字: suibokuga
• 漢字の分解: 水 (sui) — water; 墨 (boku) — ink; 画 (ga) — painting, picture
• 発音: /sɯ.i.bo.kɯ.ɡa/

意味

Ink wash painting; sumi-e. A form of East Asian painting that uses varying tonal washes of black ink to create images, without colour.

A visual art tradition practised across China, Japan, and Korea. The technique emphasises brushwork, negative space, and the expressive range of ink gradations from near-black to pale grey. In Japan, it flourished during the Muromachi period under the influence of Zen Buddhism. Major Japanese practitioners include Sesshū Tōyō and Hasegawa Tōhaku. The term sumi-e (墨絵) is also used informally.

例文

1. 美術館で室町時代の水墨画を鑑賞し、その深みに圧倒された。
2. 水墨画は余白の使い方が最も重要だと先生に教わった。
3. 彼は水墨画を独学で学び、国際的な評価を得るようになった。

使い方ガイド

場面: art, classical culture, museum

トーン: aesthetic

起源と歴史

From 水 (sui — water), 墨 (boku — ink), and 画 (ga — painting). The art form originated in Tang dynasty China and was transmitted to Japan through Zen Buddhist channels during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

文化的背景

時代: Muromachi period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Cultural