拓たく本ほん

noun

rubbing; rubbed copy

A copy of an inscription or design made by placing paper over the surface and rubbing with ink or graphite. Used in art, archaeology, and calligraphy.

• 石せき碑ひの拓たく本ほんを取とる。

  Take a rubbing of the stone monument.

• この拓たく本ほんは唐とう代だいの碑ひ文ぶんから取とられたものだ。

  This rubbed copy was taken from a Tang dynasty inscription.