Written era name - Kakikudashi Nengou

Japanese: 書下年号 - かきくだしねんごう

A paleographical concept regarding the writing of dates on ancient documents. The era name, month, and day are written on one line. Usually, in origami documents issued by magistrates of the Muromachi Shogunate, the era name is written in small letters to the right of the month and day, which is called tsukenengou (attached era name), whereas those on tategami paper are written in kakigyo (written under the era name). Generally, official documents such as kushikyo documents, kudashibumi (written under the orders), and getijo (written under the orders) are all written in kakigyo (written under the era name), whereas documents in the shōsatsu (written under the era name) do not generally have the era name written on shōsatsu (written under the era name). However, even on shōsatsu (written under the era name), the shōsatsu (written under the era name) began to be used for notarized certificates of donations, grants, rulings, and confirmations from the end of the Heian period onwards.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古文書の日付の書き方に関する古文書学の概念。年号月日を1行に書き表したもの。通常，室町幕府奉行人奉書で，折紙のものは，年号を月日の右肩に小書きし，これを付年号（つけねんごう）というのに対し，竪紙のものは，書下年号である。一般に公文書である公式様（くしきよう）文書，下文（くだしぶみ），下知状（げちじよう）などはすべて書下年号であり，これに対し書札様文書には年号を書かないのが原則である。ただし，書札でも，平安時代末以降，寄進，給付，裁許，安堵等を内容とする公証公験には書下年号を用いるようになる。

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