Rubbing

Japanese: rubbing
Rubbing

...There are two methods for this. One is to place dry paper on the original and rub the surface with a special soft ink (tsurigane-boku), which is called the dry rubbing method. Strictly speaking, the word "rubbing" in English refers to this. The other is the wet rubbing method, in which paper (today, ordinary gasenshi paper) is stretched over the original, thoroughly dabbed with a brush or piece of cloth, and left to become semi-dry. Then, using a pad (called an ink bag in China), letters and images are dabbed. ...

*Some terminology explanations that mention "rubbing" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…これには二つの方法があり,一つは実物の上に乾いた紙をあて,その表面を特別の軟らかい墨(釣鐘墨)でこすって写し出すもので,乾拓法という。英語で拓本のことをラビングrubbingというのは,厳密にはこれをさすわけである。いま一つは湿拓法といい,実物の上に紙(今日では普通に画仙紙)を水張りにし,刷毛(はけ)や布切れで十分に打ち込んで半乾燥状態になるのを待ち,たんぽ(中国では墨包という)に墨をつけて文字や図像を叩き出す。…

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