woodblock-printed book; block-printed book
Refers to books printed from carved wooden blocks, especially in pre-modern East Asian publishing contexts.
This library holds many valuable woodblock-printed books.
I am researching woodblock-printed books from the Edo period.
Standard kanji form; high priority in news and frequency lists.
Less common variant; 版 is the usual character for printing blocks.
Compound of 版 (printing block) and 本 (book). The term is historically associated with woodblock printing technology in East Asia.