刊かん記き

noun

colophon (of old Sino-Japanese books)

Historical term referring to the publisher's imprint or colophon found in old Chinese and Japanese printed books, often including date, publisher, and place of publication.

• この宋そう版はんの刊かん記きには「紹しょう興こう十じゅう年ねん」と記しるされている。

  The colophon of this Song edition reads 'the tenth year of the Shaoxing era'.