nishiki-e shinbun; woodblock-printed newspaper
Historical term for a type of illustrated newspaper printed with nishiki-e (multicolored woodblock) techniques, popular in the early Meiji period (late 1860s–1870s).
Nishiki-e shinbun were multicolored newspapers that were popular in the early Meiji period.
錦絵 refers to the multicolored woodblock prints themselves, while 錦絵新聞 specifically denotes newspapers produced using that technique.
Compound of 錦絵 (nishiki-e, 'multicolored woodblock print') and 新聞 (shinbun, 'newspaper'). The term describes a genre of early Meiji-era journalism that combined news reporting with vivid nishiki-e illustrations.