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[[Image:Noh-utaibon.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The cover of a [[Noh]] ''utaibon'' published in [[Tokyo]] in 1925, and bound in the traditional ''yotsume-toji'' manner.]]
Traditional Japanese books are bound in a variety of ways.
==Styles of Traditional Bookbinding==
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==Binding Styles in the Meiji Period==
In [[1868]], according to some sources, 100% of books produced in Japan were still ''wasôbon'' - that is, books bound in traditional Japanese bookbinding styles. Books on science, engineering, and similar subjects began to be published as ''yôsôbon'' (books bound in Western modes) early in the [[Meiji period]], and by [[1880]], the majority of books on these subjects were bound in a Western manner. However, religious books, and those of certain other types, continued to be published as Japanese-style books for quite some time; as late as [[1905]], 44% of religious books were still ''wasôbon''. It was not until [[1886]] that ''yôsôbon'' began to dominate, and in [[1895]], roughly 1/5th of the books published in Japan were still being bound in traditional styles. In fact, certain publishing niches related to the traditional arts, such as practice books (''utaibon'') for the [[Noh]] theatre, are still published as ''wasôbon'' today.<ref>Peter Kornicki, "New Books for Old," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 62:1 (2007), 102.</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Traditional Japanese books are bound in a variety of ways.
==Styles of Traditional Bookbinding==
{{stub}}
==Binding Styles in the Meiji Period==
In [[1868]], according to some sources, 100% of books produced in Japan were still ''wasôbon'' - that is, books bound in traditional Japanese bookbinding styles. Books on science, engineering, and similar subjects began to be published as ''yôsôbon'' (books bound in Western modes) early in the [[Meiji period]], and by [[1880]], the majority of books on these subjects were bound in a Western manner. However, religious books, and those of certain other types, continued to be published as Japanese-style books for quite some time; as late as [[1905]], 44% of religious books were still ''wasôbon''. It was not until [[1886]] that ''yôsôbon'' began to dominate, and in [[1895]], roughly 1/5th of the books published in Japan were still being bound in traditional styles. In fact, certain publishing niches related to the traditional arts, such as practice books (''utaibon'') for the [[Noh]] theatre, are still published as ''wasôbon'' today.<ref>Peter Kornicki, "New Books for Old," ''Monumenta Nipponica'' 62:1 (2007), 102.</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]