絹地

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絹	地
きぬ Grade: 6	じ Grade: 2
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きぬじ [kìnújí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

絹(きぬ)地(じ) • (kinuji) 

1. silk fabric; woven silk cloth

   Synonym: 絹布 (kenpu)

2. (art) silk canvas; undyed silk cloth on which painting is executed

   Synonym: 絵絹 (eginu)

   • 1983, Watanabe Akiyoshi, “Shūri hōkoku [Repair report]”, in Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Gakusō‎^[1], number 5, archived from the original on 11 February 2022, page 141:

     大変(たいへん)広巾(ひろはば)の絹地(きぬじ)である。そして大変(たいへん)に緯糸(よこいと)が太(ふと)い。これだけの緯太(よこふと)の絹地(きぬじ)は我(わが)国(くに)の絵画(かいが)に見出(みいだ)されないものと思(おも)う。

     Taihen hirohaba no kinuji de aru. Soshite taihen ni yokoito ga futoi. Kore dake no yokofuto no kinuji wa waga kuni no kaiga ni miidasarenai mono to omou.

     It is very wide silk canvas. Furthermore, the weft thread is very thick. I think we cannot find silk canvas with such thick weft used in paintings in our country.

Related terms

• 絹(きぬ) (kinu, “silk”)