Stone slab

Japanese: 石盤 - せきばん
Stone slab

A type of writing implement. Made by processing slate into a thin slab with a wooden frame attached, a slate pen (a pencil-shaped piece of wax stone with a fatty luster) was used to repeatedly write and calculate. Slate slabs, taking advantage of the black, smooth properties of slate, were used for educational purposes in Europe and the United States from the end of the 18th century, but became popular in Japan after high-quality slate was discovered in Miyagi Prefecture in the early Meiji period. They were widely used for elementary school learning purposes during the Meiji and Taisho periods, but have now disappeared.

[Matsuo Nozawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

筆記用具の一種。粘板岩を薄い板に加工し、それに木枠をつけたもので、これに石筆(脂肪光沢のある白色のろう石を鉛筆型にしたもの)を用いて、書き取りや計算を繰り返し行った。粘板岩の黒くて滑らかな性質を利用した石盤は、欧米では18世紀末から教育用として利用されたが、日本では明治時代初期に宮城県で良質な粘板岩が発見されてから普及した。小学校の学習用として明治・大正年間には広く使われていたが、現在では姿を消した。

[野沢松男]

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