Kyosha Taku - Kyosha Taku

... According to the people of the Song Dynasty, rubbings from the north were made on thick, rough paper and used ink made from pine soot, resulting in a faded, pale color, while those from the south were made using ink made from lamp soot mixed with wax, resulting in a jet black, glossy color. In later times, the pale-colored rubbings came to be called kyosha rubbings or senshitaku (also semigurumi rubbings), and the dark-colored rubbings came to be called ukintaku rubbings. Of course, even when rubbings of the same object, the quality of the workmanship can vary greatly depending on the skill of the rubbing artist, so scholars and enthusiasts alike had a hard time finding masters of rubbing. ...

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

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…　宋人によると，北方の拓本は用紙が厚く粗い上に，松煙墨を使うのでかすれて色が淡く，南方のは油煙墨に蠟をまぜて使うため色が漆黒で光沢があるという。後世，淡色のものを夾紗拓（きようしやたく）あるいは蟬翅拓（せんしたく）(また蟬衣拓)，濃色のものを烏金拓（うきんたく）などと呼ぶようになった。もちろん同じものを拓本にとっても，拓工の技術の差によりできばえは非常に違うので，学者も好事家も拓本の名人を求めるのに苦労したものである。…

※「夾紗拓」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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