Signature - Kanki

Japanese: 款記 - かんき
Signature - Kanki

…When a painting or calligraphy is completed, the artist’s name, character name, date, inscription (such as the place, situation, or motive of the calligraphy), poem, etc. are written on the work to show that it is the artist’s own work. The seal used to inscribe the text is called a signature seal. In China, the “Mustard Seed Garden Paintings” states, “Before the Yuan Dynasty, inscriptions were not often used. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "description" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…書画が完成したとき,それが自作であることを示すため,作品に姓名,字号,年月,識語(揮毫の場所,状況,動機等の),詩文などを記すこと。その文を款記,そのときに捺(お)す印章を落款印という。中国では《芥子園(かいしえん)画伝》に,〈元以前は多く款を用いず。…

※「款記」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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