Seal material - Inzai

Japanese: 印材 - いんざい
Seal material - Inzai
〘Noun〙 Materials used to make seals. Wood, stone, tusk, horn , metal, rubber, etc. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period)] *Miscellaneous thoughts from Essays and Kokokoroku (1795): "A frozen stone seal, even if exposed to fierce fire, will remain in shape and can be used. (Omitted) Did the Westerners know about this from early times and use it as a seal material?" [Huang Tingjian - title of a poem]

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Japanese:
〘名〙 印判を作る素材。木、石、牙(きば)、角(つの)、金属、ゴムなどの類。〔文明本節用集(室町中)〕※随筆・好古小録(1795)雑考「独凍石印、烈火にあふといへども形存して用ゆべし。〈略〉西人、若始より此を知りて印材となせしか」 〔黄庭堅‐詩題〕

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