Line stamp - Gyo-osho

…In recent years, many have been found in practical writings among wooden tablets from the Western Han period, and its actual form is gradually becoming clearer, but it is difficult to determine its boundaries as an independent style of writing. In terms of its use, the line-pressed script is completely dependent on the cursive script, and its origins are likely an extension of that. If we define cursive script as the rushed writing of regular script that was created later, when it was properly organized, then this can explain well the difference between the line-pressed script seen in the Li Bo documents of the Western Jin Dynasty and the cursive script seen after the Tang Dynasty. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "line seal" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…近年前漢時代の木簡中の実用書に多く発見され，だんだんその実態が明らかにされているが，独立した書体としてその境界の定めにくいものである。行押書は用途の上ではまったくこの草隷を受けているわけで，その発生もその延長上に位置するものであろう。のちに楷書がきちんと整い，それを早書きにしたものを行書と定義づけると，西晋の〈李柏文書〉に見えるような行押書と，唐代以後のような行書のちがいをうまく説明できる。…

※「行押書」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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