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University of Kentucky UKnowledge Library Presentations University of Kentucky Libraries 5-22-2009 Characteristics of Japanese Block Printed Books in the Edo Period: 1603 1867 Kazuko Hioki University

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2 Characteristics of Japanese Block Printed Books in the Edo Period: Annual Meeting American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Los Angeles, May 22, 2009 Kazuko Hioki University of Kentucky Libraries 1

Characteristics of Japanese Block Printed Books in the Edo Period: 1603

3 Characteristics of Japanese Block Printed Books in the Edo Period: Folded fore-edge of text pages Example of a side-stitched binding 2

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5 Woodblock printing Wood-block of the printed book, 武徳鎌倉旧記, published in 1718 Courtesy of the National Institute of Japanese Literature 4

6 Paper Recycled paper used for a book cover Library of Congress 5

Book dimension Mino-size Paper 10-13 long x 15-17

7 Book dimension Mino-size Paper long x wide Hanshi-size Paper 9-10 long x wide Ō bon 10 x 7 Chū bon 7 x 5 Ō bon horizontal half 5 x 7 Hanshi bon 9 x 6 Ko bon 6 x 5 Chū bon Ō bon Hanshi bon Ko bon 6

8 Cover decoration 7

9 Cover construction Turn-ins Verso of book cover laminated layers of recycled paper and a sheet of dyed paper 8

10 Cover decoration: Chestnut shell color 中華若木詩抄 (Chinese poem) reprint of 1634 edition Courtesy of the National Institute of Japanese Literature 9

11 Cover decoration: Burnished (left) Back cover of a military textbook,kaigai heisei ryaku, not before 1856 (right) Front cover of a flower arrangement, EnshuÌ-ryuÌ,shoÌfuÌ,kaku, 1818? Library of Congress 10

12 Cover decoration: Burnished Courtesy of S. Murakami and Y. Fukuda 11

13 Cover decoration: Burnished Recto: Front cover of a medical text, hidenka kakyou, 1829, Library of Congress Verso 12

14 Cover decoration: Burnished (left) Verso of a book cover of a tea ceremony,rikyu sado u zukan, 1702 (right) Front cover of a tea ceremony, konome densetsu, 1827 Library of Congress 13

15 Cover decoration: Embossed (left) Front cover of finction, ehon chushingura, 1823? (right) Front cover of a book about agriculture, nouka eki, 1810s Library of Congress 14

16 Cover decoration: Embossed Front cover of a book about agriculture, Nōgyō zensho, not before 1852 Library of Congress Front cover of a picture book about scenic Japan, Nippon sankai meibutsu zue, Library of Congress

ofhaibun (a combination of prose and haikai

17 Cover decoration: Overall cloth pattern Front cover embossed with an overall cloth pattern on a book ofhaibun (a combination of prose and haikai poetry), Uzuragoromo (not before 1785) 16 Library of Congress

18 Cover decoration: Clove brush-line Front cover of Chinese poems. Kaifusō, Kyoto, 1793, Library of Congress 六帖詠草 (poem) 17 Courtesy of the National Institute of Japanese Literature

19 Cover decoration: Yellow-covered book Illustrated title strip British Library Front cover of Kamado shogun kanryaku no maki, 1800?, Library of Congress 18

20 Cover decoration: Combined book Multicolored-woodblock, illustrated covers Fuzoku kingyo den, 1852, Library of Congress (Left) Front (Rigt) Back 19

21 Illustrated popular fiction : Text & illustration Text page of combined book, Library of Congress Text page of yellow-covered book, British Library 20

22 Illustrated popular fiction : Cover construction Combined book verso of the front cover trimmed four sides Library of Congress Fry leaf pasted on verso of the front cover folded in four sides Library of Congress 21

23 Cover decoration: Combined book Two volumes of front covers, Vol. 20 (jo & ge) kantan shokoku monogatari, Tanehiko Ryutei, Kunisada Utagawa, 19 th C., Library of Congress 22

24 Cover decoration: Combined book kantan shokoku monogatari, Vol. 19 (jo & ge) Kunisada Utagawa, Library of Congress kantan shokoku monogatari, Vol. 5(jo & ge) Kunisada Utagawa, Library of Congress 23

25 Cover decoration: Combined book Covers of combined book, Shiranui monogatari,tanekazu Ryukatei, , Library of Congress 24

26 Acknowledgements Jesse Munn Conservator, Library of Congress Asian Division & Conservation Division, LC 25

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