They were, however, of elaborate craftsmanship in that when the characters were written on a blue or black background, they were traced with kindei (gold paint) or half a character was written in kindei and the other half in black ink.
ただし、彩色下絵の青色や墨の部分の上に字を書く場合は、墨書の上を金泥でなぞったり、1字を半分ずつ金泥と墨とで書き分けたりするなど、手のこんだ書写がなされている。