This is probably of no use to you at all, sorry about that, but I love Asian seals and a shop display that even in their stricking simplicity can catch the eye and make an impression.
The Japanese do not use signatures. Instead, they use seals with the person’s name in kanji. The stamps are called or and are made of wood, ivory, or plastic. ((source http://www.sljfaq.org )
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The usual seal, the , is used for registered mail and so on in place of a signature. A type of mitomein is the which is used for bank accounts. This must have the same name as the person’s full name or family name.
are used for purchases such as houses or cars. The seal must be registered as a at the local shiyakusho (government offices).
The red ink used is called , and at banks and post offices there are red stamp pads on counters. Because hanko are used, most documents do not have a signature line, but rather a small circle with a single character where the seal is to be pressed.
In most cases, foreigners in Japan can get away with using their signature rather than a seal.
In Japanese, a “seal” or means a “sticker” rather than a seal, and a signature is called a
