讚さん

noun

Chinese-style poetic eulogy; inscription on a painting

Refers to a classical Chinese poetic form (讚) used to praise or commemorate, and by extension to a short inscription or legend on a picture. Rare in modern standalone use; mostly encountered in literary or art-historical contexts.

• この絵えには漢かん詩しの讚さんが添そえられている。

  This painting is accompanied by a Chinese-style poetic inscription.

• 讚さんは、人じん物ぶつや出で来き事ごとを称たたえるために書かかれた韻いん文ぶんの一いっ種しゅです。

  A 讚 is a type of verse written to praise a person or event.