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orihon

[ awr-ee-hon, ohr- ]

noun

  1. a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
  2. a book consisting of leaves, printed on one side only, uncut at the fore edge.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of orihon1

1905–10; < Japanese, equivalent to ori fold + hon book (< fon < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese běn )
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Example Sentences

When this is done it at once becomes a book, and takes the Chinese and Japanese form known as orihon—all the writing on one side of the roll or strip of paper and all the other side blank.

Now the orihon is complete, and it is the link between the roll and the book.

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