私し版はん

noun

private printing; privately printed book; private edition

Refers to a book or publication produced by a private individual or organization, not by a commercial publisher or government. Often used in bibliographic contexts.

• この詩し集しゅうは私し版はんとして少しょう部ぶ数すうだけ印いん刷さつされた。

  This poetry collection was printed in a small number of copies as a private edition.

noun

non-government publication

Specifically contrasts with 官版 (government publication). Used in historical or archival contexts to describe publications not issued by an official authority.

See also: 官版

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの私し版はんには、幕ばく府ふの検けん閲えつを受うけていないものもある。

  Some privately published books from the Edo period were not subject to shogunate censorship.