The raised image on an oshie hagoita is more than colour applied to a board. Tokyo’s reference separates making padded pieces from joining those pieces into the finished composition.
Technique and structure
For oshie, cotton is placed between a pattern card and fabric, and a kote tool is used for gluing. Once the individual parts are complete, the assembly operation works from the back with washi and the kote. The specification separately identifies paulownia for the board, silk or cotton for the covering fabric, and cotton inside. The padding, backing connections and wooden support thus belong to different parts of the object’s construction.
The support does not identify every surface material
Calling the board paulownia leaves the fabric and filling unspecified. A description of the actual piece should identify those materials separately.
For international readers
Ask the maker about the support, textile and display conditions. This account is not a repair procedure and reproduces no figure, costume design or pattern card.
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日本語
江戸押絵羽子板：綿入りの部品と裏側の和紙
江戸押絵羽子板の押絵は、型紙と布地の間に綿を入れ、コテで糊づけして作ります。各部品の組上げは裏側から和紙を使って行う別の工程です。桐の板、絹または綿の布地、内部の綿を分け、板の材だけで表面全体の素材を決めつけません。