seal script that looks like cat kanji

[asakiyume]

Wakanomori is providing me with all kinds of interesting items these days. For today, have some cat kanji. It looks made up, doesn't it? But it's a bone fide form of seal script--that is, stylized kanji used for signature seals.　The source is 篆楷字典 (Tenkai Jiten), a dictionary of seal script (tensho) and kaisho, a very clear, blocky style used in inscriptions.

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[osprey_archer]

Wait, people still use these? I thought it was historical, like signet rings. WHY IS JAPAN SO COOL?

[asakiyume]

Yeah they do! Little Springtime has one (but the ninja girl doesn't--foreigners aren't expected to have one).

The entire Japanese polity smiles modestly and says, no, no, it's nothing really :-)