湿しっ拓たく

noun

wet rubbing; ink rubbing using moistened paper

A technique for making rubbings from stone inscriptions or other surfaces by applying moistened paper and then inking it.

• 湿しっ拓たくは、石せき碑ひの文も字じを写うつし取とる伝でん統とう的てきな技ぎ法ほうです。

  Wet rubbing is a traditional technique for copying characters from stone monuments.

• この湿しっ拓たくは、唐とう代だいの碑ひ文ぶんから取とられたものです。

  This wet rubbing was taken from a Tang dynasty inscription.