noun
gōkan; bound-volume picture book
A type of illustrated popular fiction from the late Edo period, formed by binding together several individual booklets (sasshi) into a single volume. Often featured woodblock-printed illustrations and text.
合巻は江戸時代後期に流行した絵入りの読み物です。
Gōkan are illustrated reading materials that were popular in the late Edo period.
この図書館には貴重な合巻のコレクションがある。
This library has a valuable collection of gōkan.