visiting card

...Business cards were used for detailed arrangements, such as when invited to a meal, when moving, when celebrating, or when offering condolences. For this reason, they are called visiting cards in English, but these customs have now fallen into disuse, and many professional business cards are used with the address and title of the workplace printed on them. In Japan, the "Business Card Collection" collected by Yashiro Hirokata, a shogunate yūhitsu (right-hand writer), has been preserved, so it is believed that at least during the Bunka era (early 19th century), business cards made of washi paper with only the name handwritten on them were in use. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "visiting card" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…名刺はこまかい約束ごとにもとづき，食事に招かれたり，引越し，祝い，お悔みなどの際に用いられた。そのため英語ではvisiting cardというが，現在ではこれらの習慣は廃れ，職業用に，勤務先の住所や肩書を入れたビジネスカードが多くなっている。日本で古くは，幕府の右筆（ゆうひつ）だった屋代弘賢の集めた〈名刺譜〉が残っていることから，少なくとも化政期(19世紀初期)には，氏名だけを手書きした和紙の名刺が使われていたと考えられている。…

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