刻こく本ほん

noun

wood-block book; block-printed book

Refers to a book printed from carved wooden blocks, a traditional East Asian printing method. Used in historical and bibliographic contexts.

• この図と書しょ館かんには江え戸ど時じ代だいの刻こく本ほんが多た数すう所しょ蔵ぞうされている。

  This library holds many wood-block books from the Edo period.