Leather bound book - Kawasoubon

Japanese: 革装本 - かわそうぼん
Leather bound book - Kawasoubon

…These dazzlingly decorated books, produced until the middle of the 15th century, are more properly considered as part of church furnishings than as books themselves, and the copying and binding of the texts was done by monks in monasteries. This is not to say that there were no books of this period, and the monks also used more modest leather-bound books. Most of them had only simple patterns embossed on the covers. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "leather-bound books" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…15世紀の半ばごろまでつくられていたこのまばゆいばかりに飾りたてられた書物は,書物というよりは教会の備品の一部と考えたほうが適当で,本文の書写や製本も修道院内で修道士たちの手によってなされた。この時代に書物らしい書物がなかったわけではなく,修道士たちが使うものとして,より質素な革装本もあった。ほとんどが表紙に簡単な模様を空押し(からおし)しただけのものである。…

※「革装本」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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