Seal engraving is called Ten-koku because letters are engraved in the Ten-sho writing style

and “koku” means to engrave. The Ten-sho writing style was established when Shi Huang of

Qin founded the first unified empire in the history of China. His empire consisted of many different

races so he found it necessary to set a standardized  writing style for official use.

Ten-sho style was also used for the emperor’s seal, so this writing style is still regarded as having authority

and as having been the origin of refined Kanji characters that developed later.

In fact, it is still used for Japanese passports today.

 

●Seal engraving Exhibition

October. 21. 2020 ：1：00PM – 5:00PM

October. 22. 2020 – October. 24. 2020  9:30 – 5:00PM

October. 25. 2020 : 9:30 – 4:00PM

Iwakuni City Culture Center    Exhibition Hall  （3-15-1 Yamate-cho Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi)

Cost : Free

 

●Workshop For Tenkoku

October. 21. 2020 ：1：00PM – 4:00PM

October. 22. 2020 – October. 24. 2020  9:30 – 4:00PM

October. 25. 2020 : 9:30 – 3:00PM

Iwakuni City Culture Center    Exhibition Hall  （3-15-1 Yamate-cho Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi)

Cost : 500yen par person    Includes: Material fee / Insurance fee

Application day : September. 7. 2020   9:00AM～　Priority for Reservation

★Name    ★E-mail address    ★Phone number

★The number of participants

★Please choose the word you want to engrave.

※The staff translates English into Japanese.

 

[Contact]

IWAKUNI CITY FOUNDATION FOR ARTS PROMOTION

E-mail : info@iwakuni-pf.or.jp

 

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