Thumb ring (English)

Japanese: thumb ring(英語表記)thumbring
Thumb ring (English)

...The custom of not wearing rings on the middle finger remained in the 16th century, as did the custom of wearing rings on the thumb or the knuckles. The "thumb ring" was a custom in the 14th to 17th centuries. As the technology for polishing gemstones improved from around the 17th century, colored gemstones began to be used for rings, and in the 18th century, polished diamonds came to dominate the gemstone world, and began to be used for rings as well.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "thumb ring" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中指に指輪をはめない風習は16世紀ころにも残っていたし,親指や指の関節の先にはめる習慣も残っていた。〈親指の指輪thumb ring〉は14~17世紀の風習であった。17世紀ころから宝石をみがく技術が発達したので,色のある宝石が指輪に用いられ,18世紀には多面形にみがいたダイヤモンドが宝石の王座を占め,指輪にも用いられるようになった。…

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