Round inkstone - Enken

Japanese: 円硯 - えんけん

...Korea has not been blessed with superior inkstone materials like China, but among them, Igen stone, Daedonggang stone, Haeju stone (Ongjin stone), Jongseong stone, and Lanpo stone are considered to be relatively good materials. During the ancient Lelang period, Han-style stone inkstones were used, such as the inkstones excavated from Saikyouzuka, and during the Silla and Baekje dynasties, ceramic inkstones with wind character and round inkstones similar to those used in the Tang Dynasty were used. Among the inkstones excavated in Japan, there are some from Silla and Baekje, which are thought to have been brought from Korea....

From [Inkstone Box]

…In China, individual stationery items such as brushes, inks, inkstones, and paper were highly valued, and it was traditional to attach legs to inkstones, or to use a stand called an inkstone stand or a lid in the shape of an inkstone. The same was true of the inkstones used in Japan from the Nara period to the Heian period, which continued the shape used in China, as seen in the round inkstone with stand excavated from the Heijo Palace ruins and the white porcelain round inkstone said to be a relic of Sugawara no Michizane at Domyoji Tenmangu Shrine in Osaka Prefecture. Inkstone boxes began to be made in the latter half of the Heian period, and are thought to have been made at the earliest in the first half of the 10th century. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…元来，朝鮮は，中国のようなすぐれた硯材には恵まれないが，その中では渭原（いげん）石，大同江石，海州石(甕津（おうしん）石)，鐘城石，藍浦（らんぽ）石などが比較的良材とされている。古く楽浪郡時代には彩篋塚出土硯のように，漢式の石硯が行われ，新羅，百済のころには唐と同じような陶製の風字硯や円硯が用いられた。日本の出土硯の中にも，新羅系，百済系のものがあり，朝鮮からもたらされたものと考えられる。…

【硯箱】より

…中国では筆墨硯紙など個々の文具を珍重し，硯に脚を付けたり，硯台と称する置き用具や硯の形にしつらえた蓋を伴うのが伝統であった。日本で奈良時代から平安時代にかけて用いられた硯も同様で，平城宮跡から出土している台脚付円硯や大阪府道明寺天満宮の伝菅原道真遺品〈白磁円面硯〉にみるように，中国以来の形を踏襲している。硯箱が作られるようになるのは平安時代後半で，早くとも10世紀前半のころと考えられる。…

※「円硯」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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