遠近法

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	近	法
えん Grade: 2	きん Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology

From 遠近 (enkin, “far and near”) +‎ 法 (-hō, “method”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんきんほー [èńkíńhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɰ̃ho̞ː]

Noun

遠(えん)近(きん)法(ほう) • (enkinhō) ^{←ゑんきんはふ (wenkinfafu)?}

1. perspective (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface)
   • 2012 December 20, “第１章 追加消失点 [Chapter 1: Extra Vanishing Points]”, in Yū Ōkubo, transl., パース！２ マンガでわかるもっとディープな遠近法 [Perspective! 2: Dive Deeper into the Perspective Method through Comics] (fiction; paperback), Tokyo: Maar-sha, translation of Extreme Perspective! For Artists by David Chelsea, →ISBN, pages 10–11:

     なにゆえ、わが瞑想の部屋へ無断で立ち入る、マグよ
     パースの奥義のさらなる理解を求めてのこと
     先の説明のいかなる点が理解に及ばぬ？
     いやまあ、前に教えてもらった知識もオレの頭からあふれちゃってるんだけどさ、まだ面倒で説明してないところもあっただろ？　ほら、斜面がどうなるのとか、影の付け方とか、あと曲面線遠近法の奥義とかもさ…

     Naniyue, wa ga meisō no heya e mudan de tachiiru, Magu yo
     Pāsu no ōgi no sara naru rikai o motomete no koto
     Saki no setsumei no ika naru ten ga rikai ni oyobanu?
     Iya mā, mae ni oshiete moratta chishiki mo ore no atama kara afurechatteru n da kedo sa, mada mendō de setsumei shite nai tokoro mo atta daro? Hora, Shamen ga dō naru no to ka, kage no tsukekata to ka, ato kyokumensen enkinhō no ōgi to ka mo sa…

     Why do you intrude on my chamber of meditation, Mugg?
     I seek a fuller understanding of the principles of perspective
     What part of my prior explanation did you not understand?
     Truth be told, my head overfloweth with knowledge with which you edified me during our last encounter, and yet there remain aspects you did not trouble to explain. For instance, how inclines behave, how to depict shadows, as well as the principles of curvilinear perspective…

See also

• パースペクティブ (pāsupekutibu)