Where does “蒔絵” come from?

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

蒔絵 (Japanese): "maki-e": decorative lacquerware produced by...

Definitions

  1. "maki-e": decorative lacquerware produced by...

Ancestry of “蒔絵”, step by step

蒔絵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 絵

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

via Japanese 蒔き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蒔き—

Words derived from “蒔絵”

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