和わ装そう本ぼん

noun

Japanese-style bound book

Refers to a book bound using traditional Japanese methods, such as fukuro-toji (pouch binding) or yotsume-toji (four-hole binding), as opposed to Western-style binding.

See also: 和装 (わそう)

• 図と書しょ館かんで和わ装そう本ぼんの展てん示じを見みた。

  I saw an exhibition of Japanese-style bound books at the library.

• この古ふるい和わ装そう本ぼんは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだ。

  This old Japanese-style bound book is from the Edo period.