古こ版はん

noun

old edition; old woodblock print

Refers to an old printed edition of a book, especially from the woodblock printing era. The second gloss 'old woodblock' is a metonymic extension.

• この古こ版はんは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだ。

  This old edition is from the Edo period.

• 図と書しょ館かんで貴き重ちょうな古こ版はんを閲えつ覧らんした。

  I viewed a rare old woodblock print at the library.