kobousho　小奉書

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

A small-sized sheet of *housho 奉書 paper that is approximately 33 X 47 cm. After *oobousho 大奉書, the second most common type of paper used for full-color woodblock prints *nishiki-e 錦絵. The major sizes cut from kobousho paper are *aiban 間判, *koban 小判, and *hosoban 細判.

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*hangata 判型, *ukiyo-e 浮世絵

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