瓦かわら版ばん

noun

kawaraban; Edo-period broadsheet

Historical term for a single-sheet printed news broadside sold in Edo-period Japan, often reporting sensational events.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、瓦かわら版ばんが庶しょ民みんの情じょう報ほう源げんだった。

  In the Edo period, kawaraban were a source of information for common people.

• この瓦かわら版ばんには、当とう時じの大たい火かの様よう子すが描えがかれている。

  This kawaraban depicts the great fire of that time.