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- Japanese · borrowed from蒔絵
- English todaymaki-e
Borrowed from Japanese 蒔絵 (maki e, literally “sown picture; scatter picture”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
maki-e
Today it means: A style of Japanese lacquerware made with gold or silver sprinkled on wet lacquer. Full definition →
Japanese 蒔絵