Large Nishiki

Japanese: 大錦 - おおにしき
Large Nishiki
〘Noun〙 Large-format nishikie. It refers to a piece of woodblock print that is about 43 centimeters long and 29 centimeters wide, about the size of two large hosho papers. Anything larger than this is called o-o-ban or bai-ban, and smaller ones include kanban and chu-ban. *From the sharebon Keisei Kaidankyaku Monogatari (1799), 1 "It's only now that I'm going out to the big nishiki."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 大判の錦絵。縦一尺三寸(約四三センチメートル)、横八寸七分(約二九センチメートル)、大奉書二つ切りの大きさのものをいう。これより大きいものを大大判または倍判といい、小さいものには、間判、中判などがある。※洒落本・傾城買談客物語(1799)一「哥麿が大にしきへ出るのは今の間だらふ」

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