床ゆか本ほん

noun

yukahon; floor book

Historical term for large-print books placed on the floor for the narrator (tayū) to read from in jōruri and bunraku puppet theater. Not used in modern everyday contexts.

See also: 浄瑠璃 · 文楽

• 文ぶん楽らくでは、太夫たゆうが床ゆか本ほんを見みながら語かたる。

  In bunraku, the narrator recites while looking at the yukahon.

• この床ゆか本ほんは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだ。

  This yukahon is from the Edo period.