Extreme Card - Extreme Card

Japanese: 極札 - きわめふだ

〘noun〙 A certificate that certifies the authenticity of paintings, antiques, swords, etc., after appraising them. It was usually written on a small piece of paper in the shape of a short strip of paper. It is also used to mean that something is authentic and without a doubt, such as "it has a certificate." Certificate of appraisal. Origami. Origami. *Tang Bu Lun (1718) "When the certificate of appraisal by Confucius, which reads, 'Yin has _{two, three} _{benevolences and} one en,' was put out and left there" [Additional note] There are various forms, such as a small piece of paper with the title, the signature and seal of the author and appraiser pasted on the scroll, those that are not pasted on the scroll but kept separately (outer title, outer title), those that have a main text more complicated than the outer title and are folded in half (origami, enclosed letter), those that are written on the surface of the work or at the end of the scroll (paper middle title, colophon), and those that are written on the front and back of the box (box inscription, box inscription).

Kime-fuda [extreme card]

〘 noun 〙 A certificate of appraisal for paintings, calligraphy, swords, etc. A small, strip-shaped tag with the results of the appraisal written on it. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Honcho Toin-Higoto (1709), 6 "If you want a certificate of perfection, and it is a genuine Sesshu, I will give you a certificate."

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Japanese:

〘名〙書画、古道具、刀剣などを鑑定して、それが確かなものであることを証明したもの。短冊(たんざく)形の小札に書きしるすのが普通であった。「極札がつく」などの形で、そのものが確かでまちがいのないものであることをいうのにも用いられる。鑑定書。折紙。極書き。※湯武論（1718）「『殷有_二三仁_一焉』と孔子のきはめ札を出して置れたれば」[補注]その形式は様々で、題名と筆者と鑑定者の署名および印章を記した小紙片を巻軸に貼付したもの、巻軸に貼らずに別に保存したもの（外題、極札）、外題より複雑な本文を書いて二つ折りにしたもの（折紙、添状）、作品の画面や巻末に書き込んだもの（紙中極、奥書）、箱の表裏に書き込んだもの（箱書付、箱書）などがある。