Where does “墨絵” come from?

墨絵 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 絵, from Middle Chinese 繪.

墨絵 (Japanese): sumie, Japanese ink painting

Definitions

  1. sumie, Japanese ink painting

Ancestry of “墨絵”, step by step

墨絵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 絵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese絵picture, painting; drawing, sketch
2Middle Chinese繪—

via Japanese 墨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese墨ink; India ink

Words derived from “墨絵”

Every word from Middle Chinese 繪 →Every word from Japanese 絵 →