Cutting the seal - Kirifu

Japanese: 切封 - きりふう

〘Noun〙① A way of sealing a letter. A method of sealing a letter by cutting a part of the main paper without using a sealing paper. The main paper and the thank-you paper are overlapped and rolled from left to right, and the right end of the main paper is cut in a thin strip partway from the bottom, leaving the top part uncut. This is used as a paper string to tie the letter and then the seal is placed on top. Koshibumi (waist writing) . Kirifuji. *Haikai Mimisaraheshu (1831) "If it were something like a carp, it would be a cut-seal letter, but for a twisted-sealed oyster, it is well made."② A seal mark placed on the end of a letter. It is often written as "〆" (an abbreviated form of the cursive form of the character "seal").

Kiri-Fuji [seal]

〘 noun 〙 = kirifuu (cut seal) ① ※ Zappai, Autumn Moon (1743) "Call back and cut the haiku into pieces"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 書状の封じ方の一つ。封紙を用いないで本紙の一部を切って封をするもの。本紙と礼紙を重ねて左から右へ巻き、本紙の右端を下から途中まで細く切って、上の方は切り残し、これを紙紐にして書状を結わえて、その上から封じ目をする。腰文(こしぶみ)。きりふうじ。※俳諧・耳さらへ集（1831）「鯉鮒の類ならば切封の文なるべし、ひねりぶみ蠣にはよきほどの仕立なり」② 書状の封じ目につけた封の印。多くは「〆（「封」字の草体を略したかたち）」と書く。