gyotaku

gyo·ta·ku

(gyō′tä′ko͞o′)

The art or process of making a print of a fish by covering its body with ink or paint, placing a piece of thin paper (such as rice paper) over it, and rubbing the paper against the contours of the fish. Details such as the eye are often added by hand to the print.

[Japanese : gyo-, fish (from Middle Chinese ŋı̷ə̆ (also the source of Mandarin yú), from Old Chinese *ŋa;; akin to Tibetan ña and Burmese ŋa) + -taku, rubbing (from Middle Chinese t^hak, to take up, lift, open up, from Old Chinese *thâk; akin to Tibetan t^heg-pa, to lift).]

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