The Han mark is a stamp made in the era of the Chinese Han. The material is because it is made of precious metals of gold and silver, copper, such as a ball, a lot of Han mark will remain to the present day. Kanshirushi the knob portion called the 鈕 (Tadashi), a variety of decorations, such as the shape of animals there are also those which has been subjected to. The stamp face have been engraved government positions or person’s name, written in hanko distinctive square character called Shirushi篆 (Inten).
Han mark, that Emperor Guangwu of the Later Han is made of gold as of gave the guy the king of Kitakyushu “Han committee guy king” is, there are still state well beautiful stamp face even today. But most of the Kanshirushi are made of copper, it is existing in a state that had sorely fairly corrosion and damage over the years. However, Qing of from per era came out tendency to evaluate and beautiful the marks of natural weathering and damage to the mark, the modern stamp is a trend that has been reviewed is a thing called value of Han mark that can not be imitated.
In addition, the beauty of the Han mark There is a beauty of the character of the stamp surface other than the beauty of weathering. There are neatly lined up in a variety of types in Shirushi篆 characters are in the stamp face of the square, the point to be noted, such as balance and fun of the characters have a lot has been said that the charm of Han mark.