Kyoenhitsu - A writing brush

Japanese: 居延筆 - きょえんひつ
Kyoenhitsu - A writing brush

…Each of them had a brush holder. Prior to this, in 1930-31, the Northwest Scientific Research Team excavated the remains of the Han Dynasty Juyan County near Khara-Khoto (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) in the Echina River basin, and unearthed a brush along with a wooden tablet, which they named "Juyan brush." ​​This is estimated to date to the end of the Western Han Dynasty or the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the brush holder was made of a piece of wood split into four pieces, with hair sandwiched between them, tied with hemp thread, and the base hardened with lacquer. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いずれも筆を収める収筆管が付随していた。これより前,1930年から31年にかけて西北科学考査団がエチナ川流域のカラ・ホト付近(内モンゴル自治区)で漢代の居延県城の遺址を発掘した際,木簡とともに筆が出土し,〈居延筆〉と名づけられた。これは前漢末・後漢初のころのものと推定され,筆管は木を四つ割にして毛を挟み,麻糸でしばり,根元を漆で固めたものである。…

※「居延筆」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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