Drawing Finger - Hidden

Japanese: 画指 - かくし
Drawing Finger - Hidden

A drawing of the length and joints of the fingers by those who cannot write, instead of signing their own hand. It has been used in China since before the 6th century, and is specified in the "Daho Ling" (701), which is based on the Tang Dynasty system, as a substitute for signatures on divorce documents. It was used in China until the Ming Dynasty, and was also used in Joseon and Annam (Vietnam), and is still used in Vietnam today. In Japan, there are examples on loan documents and sales tickets from the Nara period to the early Kamakura period, and it is usually done using the index finger of the right hand with the tip facing up, but there are also drawings using the left hand with the tip facing down. From the Heian period onwards, it was limited to women, and towards the end of the period, it became a formality and some did not accurately indicate the length of the fingers.

[Kanichi Minagawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

文字を書けない者が、自署のかわりに、指の長さと関節の位置を画(か)いたもの。中国では6世紀以前から用いられており、唐の制度に準拠した『大宝令(たいほうりょう)』(701)に、離婚文書の署名の代用として規定されている。中国では明(みん)代まで用いられ、李氏(りし)朝鮮や安南(あんなん)(ベトナム)にも及び、ベトナムでは現在も使用されている。日本では奈良時代から鎌倉時代前期までの借銭文書(しゃくせんもんじょ)や売券(ばいけん)に実例があり、右手の食指を用いて指先を上にするのが普通であるが、左手を用い、指先を下にして画いたものもある。平安時代以降は女性に限られており、末期には形式化して指の長さを正確に表さぬものも現れた。

[皆川完一]

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