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*''Japanese'': 嵯峨本 ''(Saga bon)''

*''Japanese'': 嵯峨本 ''(Saga bon)''

''Saga-bon'' were among the first books to be [[Printing and Publishing|printed]] (rather than written out or copied by hand) in Japan. They were produced by [[Honami Koetsu|Hon'ami Kôetsu]], with the patronage of [[Suminokura Ryoi|Suminokura Ryôi]], in the last years of the 16th century, and the first years of the 17th.  

''Saga-bon'' were among the first books to be [[Printing and Publishing|printed]] (rather than written out or copied by hand) in Japan. They were produced by [[Honami Koetsu|Hon'ami Kôetsu]], with the patronage of [[Suminokura Soan]],<ref>Plaque on-site near grave of Suminokura Soan, [[Adashino Nenbutsuji]], Arashiyama, Kyoto.</ref> in the last years of the 16th century, and the first years of the 17th.  

''Saga-bon'' are distinctive among [[Wahon|Japanese printed books]] in that they were made using wooden movable type blocks, in contrast to the metal type used in Korea and Europe, and in contrast to the full-page woodblocks which would come to dominate printing in 17th-19th century Japan. Moveable type in Japan - both in metal and wood - was used for a few decades in the 1590s-1630s, but died out afterwards. ''Saga-bon'' are also distinctive among movable type books in that, rather than carving separate blocks for separate characters, ''Saga-bon'' often made use of blocks which contained multiple characters, connected by ligatures, giving the illusion of text which flowed calligraphically from one character to the next.

''Saga-bon'' are distinctive among [[Wahon|Japanese printed books]] in that they were made using wooden movable type blocks, in contrast to the metal type used in Korea and Europe, and in contrast to the full-page woodblocks which would come to dominate printing in 17th-19th century Japan. Moveable type in Japan - both in metal and wood - was used for a few decades in the 1590s-1630s, but died out afterwards. ''Saga-bon'' are also distinctive among movable type books in that, rather than carving separate blocks for separate characters, ''Saga-bon'' often made use of blocks which contained multiple characters, connected by ligatures, giving the illusion of text which flowed calligraphically from one character to the next.

==References==

==References==

*Nakashima Takashi, Ogawa Yasuhiko, Unno Keisuke, lectures, Wahon Literacies symposium/workshop, UCLA & UC Santa Barbara, 31 Aug to 4 Sept, 2015.[http://www.alc.ucla.edu/event/wahon-literacies/]

*Nakashima Takashi, Ogawa Yasuhiko, Unno Keisuke, lectures, Wahon Literacies symposium/workshop, UCLA & UC Santa Barbara, 31 Aug to 4 Sept, 2015.[http://www.alc.ucla.edu/event/wahon-literacies/]

[[Category:Historical Documents]]

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