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篆刻(Tenkoku) : gravure de sceaux

Seals were originally used in China to stamp documents with the name or post of an official, but in 14th-19th centuries seal making came to be developed into an art in its own right. Old-style Chinese characters are carved on the flat end of a block of stone, which may have a surface of anything from one to seven square centimeters, and these are used to stamp seals with cinnabar seal ink (shuniku).