Kanazawa Shigetake

Japanese: 金沢重威 - かなざわしげたけ
Kanazawa Shigetake

...This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation, and even after the Meiji era, court-approved analysis was carried out by Kohitsu Ryoetsu and Kohitsu Ryochu, two masters of ancient calligraphy who received the full mastery from their master. Handwriting analysis began to be used in criminal investigations in 1923, when Kanazawa Shigetake, an engineer at the Metropolitan Police Department, returned from studying in Europe. Handwriting analysis in the police world became widely known after World War II, but today handwriting analysis is considered a branch of forensic science and is characterized by the use of natural science methods. In recent years, computer pattern recognition has been adopted, and automatic writer identification systems have also been developed in some areas. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それが代々引き継がれ,明治に入ってからも裁判所用の鑑定は師匠から免許皆伝を受けた古筆了悦,古筆了仲らの古筆家によって行われている。 犯罪捜査に筆跡鑑定が利用されるようになったのは,警視庁の技師金沢重威がヨーロッパ留学から帰ってからで,1923年のことである。警察界における筆跡鑑定は第2次大戦後になって広く世に知られるようになったが,現在の筆跡鑑定は法科学の一分野として位置づけられ,自然科学的方法を採用しているのが特色で,近年ではコンピューターによるパターン認識を取り入れ,一部では筆者自動識別システムも開発されている。…

※「金沢重威」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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