紙し本ほん

noun

work on paper; text, image, or calligraphy on paper

Used in art and historical contexts to refer to paintings, calligraphy, or documents executed on paper, often in contrast to 絹本 (works on silk).

See also: 絹本

• この紙し本ほんの掛かけ軸じくは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだ。

  This paper hanging scroll is from the Edo period.

• 展てん示じ室しつには紙し本ほんと絹けん本ぽんの両りょう方ほうが並ならんでいる。

  Both works on paper and works on silk are displayed in the exhibition room.