小こ番ばん付づけ

noun

Edo-period small-size single-sheet prints with puzzles, stories, etc.

Historical term for a type of cheap, popular print sold in the Edo period, often containing puzzles, short stories, or illustrations on a single sheet.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、小こ番ばん付づけと呼よばれる一いち枚まい刷ずりの読よみ物ものが庶しょ民みんに親したしまれた。

  In the Edo period, single-sheet reading materials called kobanzuke were popular among commoners.

noun

Edo-period playbills

Also used to refer to small-format playbills or theater programs from the Edo period, though this usage is less common.

• この小こ番ばん付づけは、当とう時じの芝しば居いの演えん目もくを知しる貴き重ちょうな資し料りょうだ。

  This kobanzuke is a valuable resource for learning about the plays of that time.