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Category shotai
Tenshotai
{{infobox Calligraphic style
name=Tensho |
kanjiname=篆書 |
englishname=Seal script |
chinesename=Chuan shu |
began=Warring states period, 403-221 B.C. |
descended_from=Bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions |
}}
Tenshotai (篆書体), known as "seal script" in English, is a style of Chinese lettering used for making seals. It is one of the five basic Chinese shotai along with gyōsho, reisho, kaisho and sōsho.
Image:Sealscript-petitshoo.jpg|Seal script at a calligraphy exhibition
Image:China-places-small.jpg|Seal script on the walls of a Chinese restaurant
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