Inkpad - Ink

Japanese: 印肉 - いんにく
Inkpad - Ink

A coloring material used to attach to seals and stamps for imprinting. It is also called vermilion ink because it is often red. High-quality vermilion ink for official use and for seals is made from vermilion (mercury sulfide), while general vermilion ink for office use is made from metallic vermilion or substitute vermilion. Usually, these ingredients are mixed with castor oil and fiber and kneaded together, but there is also sponge vermilion ink, which is made by soaking the pad with vermilion oil instead of fiber. Ink was first used to imprint seals on paintings and calligraphy during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period in China, and was introduced to Japan with Buddhism and began to be used as official seals during the Nara period. It became popular after the Meiji period, when the custom of using a signature seal as proof became established. Sponge vermilion ink, which is currently widely used as general office vermilion ink, was developed after the Second World War and quickly became popular due to its ease of use.

[Matsuo Nozawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

印章や印鑑などに付着させて押し写すための色料。朱色が多いことから朱肉ともいう。落款(らっかん)用、公用などの高級朱肉は銀朱(硫化水銀)などを原料としているが、事務用などの一般朱肉には金属朱、代用朱などが用いられている。普通これらの原料にひまし油や繊維などを混ぜ、練り合わせてつくるが、繊維のかわりに朱油をパッドに浸透させたスポンジ朱肉もある。印肉は、中国南北朝時代に書画の落款に使われたのが最初で、日本へは仏教伝来とともに渡来し、奈良時代に官印として使われだした。一般に普及したのは明治以降、つまり署名捺印(なついん)をもって証(あかし)とする風習が定着してからのことである。現在、一般事務用朱肉として広く使われているスポンジ朱肉は、第二次世界大戦後に合成樹脂のスポンジ体が開発されてからで、簡便なため急激に普及した。

[野沢松男]

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