noun
Heian-period face-drawing style with slit eyes and hook nose
A stylized way of depicting human faces in Heian-period painting, especially in emaki and courtly illustrations. The eyes are drawn as simple horizontal lines (引目) and the nose as a small hook (鉤鼻).
源氏物語絵巻の人物は、引目鉤鼻で描かれている。
The figures in the Tale of Genji picture scrolls are drawn in the hikime-kagibana style.
引目鉤鼻は、平安時代の貴族の肖像画によく見られる技法だ。
Hikime-kagibana is a technique often seen in Heian-period aristocratic portraits.
Nise-e is a realistic portrait style that emerged later, contrasting with the stylized hikime-kagibana.
Compound of 引目 (hikime, 'drawn-line eyes') and 鉤鼻 (kagibana, 'hook nose'), describing the two most distinctive features of this Heian-period facial depiction style.