繧繝

うんげん

Also written うげん, 暈繝

Meanings

1. Noun ungen (i.e.: method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense; used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods)

Kanji

• 繧 a method of dyeing. Read as ウン.
• 繝 a method of dyeing. Read as ケン.

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