Copyright - Hanken

Japanese: 版権 - はんけん

〘 noun 〙 = shupanken (publishing rights) ※From Hanamado (1887-88) in Suehiro Tetsucho, "From mimeograph proofreading to applying for plate rights, engraving pictures and printing and binding." [Glossary] A translation of the English word copyright. Regarding copyright protection, Fukuzawa Yukichi wrote in "Western Affairs - Gai" ( 1866-70 ) that "those who write books and create illustrations are licensed to make their own private editions and earn profits from them, and thus make them private property. This is called a license for private editions (copyright)." This led to the establishment of the Publishing Ordinance ( 1869 ) after the Meiji Restoration. However, at first, terms such as "the right to strictly prohibit reprinting" and "the right to monopolize" were used, and "copyright" was not seen. In the 1870s, the words "copyright license" began to appear in the colophons of books, and "copyright" became common.

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Japanese:

〘名〙＝しゅっぱんけん（出版権）※花間鶯（1887‐88）〈末広鉄腸〉中「謄写校正より板権の出願、絵図の彫刻及び印刷製本の為めに」[語誌]英語 copyright の訳語。版権保護について、福沢諭吉は、「西洋事情‐外」（一八六六‐七〇）において「書を著述し図を製する者も、之を其人の蔵版と為して、独り利を得るの免許を受け、以て私有の産と為せり。之を蔵版の免許コピライトと名つく」と述べ、明治維新後の出版条例（一八六九）の制定につながる。しかしはじめのうちは、「重版厳禁の権利」「専売ノ権」などが用いられており、「版権」は見られない。明治一〇年代に入って、図書の奥付に「版権免許」の文言が入るようになり、「版権」が一般化した。

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