玄げん昌しょう石せき

noun

Genshō-seki slate; type of slate from Miyagi Prefecture

A specific variety of slate quarried in Miyagi Prefecture, used for traditional roofing, calligraphy inkstones, and other stonework. The term is primarily encountered in geological, architectural, or local cultural contexts.

• 宮みや城ぎ県けん産さんの玄げん昌しょう石せきは、屋や根ね材ざいとして古ふるくから使つかわれてきた。

  Genshō-seki slate from Miyagi Prefecture has been used as roofing material since ancient times.

• この硯すずりは玄げん昌しょう石せきでできている。

  This inkstone is made of Genshō-seki slate.