tan-e 淡絵

A painting where the original ink lines show through after light pigment is added. The 11th-century Senzui byōbu 山水屏風 in the Kyoto National Museum (formerly in possession of Kyōōgokokuji 教王護国寺, also known as Tōji 東寺; Kyoto) is sometimes given as an example of tan-e. However, other documents suggest that tan-e is a technique of shading using gold or silver pigment because of its phonetic relationship to the term *dami-e 濃絵.