ooban　大判

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Lit. large format. A size of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print. The term ooban refers to various types of paper in different sizes. 1　Also called oonishiki 大錦. A half sheet of sheet cut from a standard *oobousho 大奉書 sheet. Approximately 39-39.5 X 26-27 cm. The most common format size of full-color woodblock prints *nishiki-e 錦絵 after 1780. 2　Also called *ooooban 大々判. A full sheet of *minogami 美濃紙. Approximately 33 X 46cm. Used for prints of beautiful women *bijinga 美人画 and *uki-e 浮絵 in the mid-18c. 3　Also sometimes called yoko-ooban 横大判. A paper which is generally placed horizontally (the width is greater than the height), measuring approximately 27-29 X 36-38 cm. The same size as two pages of a 17c book when opened wide. Used for sets of prints *kumimono 組物 by the very early ukiyo-e artists, such as Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 (?-1694), Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729), as well as Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764). 4　Also called ooooban. A paper size of approximately 28-30 X 41-43 cm. Used for sets of prints by Hishikawa Moronobu and actor prints *yakusha-e 役者絵 by Torii Kiyomasu 鳥居清倍 (act. early 18c).

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