Privy Seal of Japan
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The Privy Seal of Japan is the Emperor's of Japan official seal. It is square and is written with "天皇御璽" in Archaic script(篆書:tensyo).At two-line vertical writing, right-hand side is the "天皇" and left-hand side is "御璽".It is pushed on appointment documents, such as a proclamation sentence of a law, a government ordinance, and a treaty, an instrument of ratification, an ambassador's credentials, and the Prime Minister, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the written appointment of dismissal.
[edit] History
The history of Privy Seal of Japan goes back to the Nara period. Although It was made from copper, it became a stone in 1868 (Meiji first), and was made from pure gold after it.The present Privy Seal is made from pure gold, and a size has 3 suns (about 9cm) and 4.5kg of weight the direction. The master-hand of the seal which lives in Kyoto, 安部井 櫟堂(Abei Rekido 1805 -1883) was ordered, and he manufactured with the State Seal of Japan in one year in 1874 (Meiji 7).when keeping it, it is put into the leather bag of exclusive use. When It is pushed, the ruler of exclusive use is applied and the cinnabar seal ink specially made in the national Printing Bureau is used so that it should not bend or shift.
In addition, if the State Seal and the Privy Seal are reproduced for the purpose of use, it will be carried out on two years or more of terminable penal servitude according to Article 164 the 1st clause of a criminal code.
