Publication - Kango

Japanese: 刊語 - かんご
Publication - Kango

…The reason why Japanese books today use colophons, which are similar to mokki, is because the custom was established after it was stipulated by law until World War II, but there is no doubt that the format itself developed from mokki. The Japanese Bibliographical Society uses the term kanki as a general term with the above meaning, and proposes that the term be used differently, with kango being a longer term that includes information such as the time, place, and publisher's name as well as the origins of the publication, and mokki being a kanki or kango that is enclosed in a box. In this case, paiki is not kanki or kango, but just another name for mokki. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "publication terms" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在日本の書物が奥付という木記と似た表示を行うのは,第2次大戦中まで,法令がそれを規定していたものが,慣習として定着したためでもあるが,その形式そのものが木記から発展したものであることも,また疑う余地がない。なお日本書誌学会では,上述の意味の一般用語としては刊記という術語を用い,時,場所,刊行者の名などのほかに,刊行の縁起などの記載が加わって長くなったものを刊語,刊記や刊語のうちとくにまわりに囲いのあるものを木記と呼ぶというように,ことばの使い分けをすることを提唱している。この場合,牌記は刊記や刊語のではなく,木記だけの別名である。…

※「刊語」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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