chuuban　中判

KEY WORD :　 art history / paintings

Lit. medium-size format. A size of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print. The term chuuban is used for certain formats cut from three different types of paper in different sizes. 1　A quarter of a standard-sized sheet called *oobousho 大奉書. Also called yotsugiriban 四つ切判. Approximately 26 by 19.5 cm. Oobousho was the common type of chuuban used in the early days of full-color woodblock prints *nishiki-e 錦絵, until the 1770's when *ooban 大判 became the standard format. Isoda Koryuusai 磯田湖龍斎 (act. latter half of 18c) and Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (1752-1815) commonly used oobousho. 2　A quarter of a sheet of oohirobousho 大広奉書. Also called harunobuban 春信判 because this type of format was extensively used for the prints of Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 (1725-70) around 1765. Approximately 29 X 22cm. Slightly larger than above-mentioned chuuban of oobousho. 3　Also called *aiban 間判. A half sheet of a special type of large format *ooban 大判. Approximately 21.5 X 30cm. Used for the scarlet pictures *beni-e 紅絵 actor prints *yakusha-e 役者絵 by Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729) and Kiyomasu 清倍 (act. early 18c) in the 1720's.

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