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==Book Sizes==

==Book Sizes==

[[File:Ryukyu-kaigo.JPG|right|thumb|500px|An opening from the c. [[1850]] book ''[[Ryukyu kaigo|Ryûkyû kaigo]]'', with illustrations by [[Hiroshige]] depicting a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. The dimensions and horizontal format are typical of ''yokohon''.]]Edo period paper came in several standard sizes; the size of books was, accordingly, standard.

[[File:Ryukyu-kaigo.JPG|right|thumb|500px|An opening from the c. [[1850]] book ''[[Ryukyu kaigo|Ryûkyû kaigo]]'', with illustrations by [[Hiroshige]] depicting a [[Ryukyuan embassy to Edo]]. The dimensions and horizontal format are typical of ''yokohon''.]]Edo period paper came in several standard sizes; the size of books was, accordingly, standard. Though there are surely exceptions, larger books generally contained more formal, serious, material, while smaller books were less formal and less serious. For example, many manuscript copies of scholarly texts are found in the ''Ôbon'' size, while satirical novels were often produced in smaller sizes.

*''Ôbon'' (大本, "large books"), roughly 10x7 in., and ''chûbon'' (中本, "medium books"), which are roughly half that size, were made using [[Mino paper]], which was roughly 10-13 x 13-17 inches in size.

*''Ôbon'' (大本, "large books"), roughly 10x7 in., and ''chûbon'' (中本, "medium books"), which are roughly half that size, were made using [[Mino paper]], which was roughly 10-13 x 13-17 inches in size.