Why do Chinese and Japanese people use stamps for signatures?

Question

there are many common surnames and I see the same characters a lot. Like there would be many people stamping the surname chen and kawasaki etc.

Isn't it easy for infringement and can be forged easily?

just wondering :)

Answer 1

Well, if you're talking about paintings, the use of stamps are used to tell the people who the artist is. The stamp usually contains character in an ancient form.

 

Answer 2

Because they are serious busniess minded people they don't like to waste time. Money is time and time is money for them.