Colophon

Japanese: colophon
Colophon

...However, this law was abolished in 1949, and although there are no longer any legal restrictions, it has remained the practice to this day with almost no changes, and the information necessary for bibliographical purposes is recorded here. In Europe, too, colophons used to be added, and many of them even had the designs and emblems of the printing or publishing company printed on them (colophons), but from around 1520, these details began to be moved to the beginning of the book, and this is now the custom in Western books. Therefore, colophons at the end of the book are unique to Japan and parts of China and Korea. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "colophon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,同法は1949年に廃止され,法的制約はなくなったが,現在までほとんど変更されることなく慣行として存続し,書誌のためにも必要な事項がここに記載されている。ヨーロッパにおいても昔は奥付をつけ,とくに印刷所あるいは出版所の意匠や標章などをも印刷したもの(コロフォンcolophon)が多かったが,1520年ころからは,それらの事項を巻頭に移して記載するようになり,現今ではそれが欧米書の慣例である。したがって,巻末の奥付は日本をはじめ,中国・韓国の一部のみに見られる独特のものである。…

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