手て本ほん紙がみ

noun

copybook paper; model writing paper

Archaic term for paper used as a model for practicing calligraphy or writing, similar to a copybook. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの寺てら子こ屋やでは、手て本ほん紙がみを見みながら文も字じを練れん習しゅうした。

  In Edo-period temple schools, students practiced characters by looking at copybook paper.