ikakire

Submitted by kazarena on Tue, 2013-03-19 00:04

Japanese

以下切

lit. 'cut from this point onwards'

You may see this term on certificates while describing signatures when only part of the signature remains on nakago due to shortening (osuriage).

Example

If original signature

Quote:

肥前住播磨大掾藤原忠國

hizen ju harima daijō fujiwara tadakuni

was shortened to:

Quote:

肥前住播磨大掾

hizen ju harima daijō ...

then you may see the following description:

Quote:

肥前住播磨大掾（以下切）

hizen ju harima daijō (ikakire)