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Inkan is the most comprehensive term; hanko tends to refer to seals used on less important documents. The first evidence of writing in Japan is a hanko dating from AD 57, made of solid gold given to the ruler of Nakoku by Emperor Guangwu of Han, called King of Na gold seal. [13]
Side engraving of a governmental seal of the Song dynasty (c. 1,000 years ago). Remarks shows the issue date and the office of the seal. The history of this art can be traced back as early as the Late Zhou and Qin dynasties when government or official seals had short notations on their side surfaces indicating the owner of the seal (by engraving the owner's name), the maker of the seal (by ...
Nine-fold seal script [a] [1] [2] or nine-fold script, [b] [3] also translated nine-bend script, [3] or layered script [5] is a highly stylised form of Chinese calligraphy derived from small seal script, using convoluted winding strokes aligned to horizontal and vertical directions, folded back and forth to fill the available space.
Seal carving, also seal cutting, or zhuanke in Chinese (篆 刻), is a traditional form of art that originated in China and later spread across East Asia. It refers to cutting a design into the bottom face of the seal (the active surface used for stamping, rather than the sides or top).
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Origins of the seal Bael or Beelzebub: Lesser Key of Solomon [1] [2] Agares: Lesser Key of Solomon [1] [2] Vassago: Lesser Key of Solomon [1] [2] Gamigin: Lesser Key ...
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Bird seal script (Chinese: 鳥篆; pinyin: niǎo zhuàn; Chinese: 鳥書; pinyin: niǎo shū [1] In this style, some parts of characters have a bird-like head and tail added. The bird style sign is a combination of two parts: a complete seal script character and one (sometimes two) bird shape(s).