obann.

Brit.

/ˈəʊban/, U.S.

/ˈoʊˌbɑn/

Forms: 1600s oeban, 1600s 1900s– oban, 1800s– obang Brit.

/ˈəʊbaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊˌbɑŋ/.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ōban.

Etymology: < Japanese ōban, lit. ‘big size’ (earlier as ohoban ) < ō- great (earlier as oho- , ofo- ) + -ban size, format, also used to denote a monetary unit, combining form of han differentiation, distinguishing mark, seal, size < Middle Chinese. In quot. 1662 via French Oeban (1659 in the passage translated, 1868 in Littré as oban ). Compare kobang n. N.E.D. (1902) enters this under obang and gives the pronunciation as (ō^u·bæŋ) /ˈəʊbæŋ/.

Now chiefly historical.

An oblong gold coin with rounded corners, formerly current in Japan and now used on special occasions in offerings or gifts; the sum of money represented by this, equal to ten kobangs. Cf. kobang n.Obans were issued from the late 16th to the mid 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins

oban1614

ichibu1616

kobang1616

sen1727

tempo1860

rin1868

yen1874

1614 R. Cocks Ledger 18 Dec. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory Japan (1991) II. (modernized spelling) 1279 William Eaton—by money eight bars oban gold, received in payment of goods sold at Ozakay and brought by himself to Firando.

1615 R. Cocks Diary 7 Sept. (1883) I. 53 And Andrea Dittis, the China Capt., brought back a bar of Oban gould.

1616 R. Cocks Diary 12 Aug. (1883) I. 161 We were enformed that som villanous people sett upon the gard which kept the 30 bars Oban.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors (1669) ii. 147 A thousand Oebans of Gold, which amount to forty seven thousand Thayls, or crowns.

1863 Reader 21 Nov. 595 The half-obang is almost literally an obang, which is elliptic in form, cut in half.

1890 Daily News 11 Oct. 5/4 The next in size to this unwieldy coin is the Japanese ‘obang’, which weighs rather more than two ounces and a half, about equal to ten English sovereigns.

1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 548 The bronze sen and 5 rin pieces of this reign had as obverse type the kiri-flower crest which had appeared on the gold obans and kobans of the shogunate.

1979 Fortune (Nexis) 5 Nov. 54 The Tokuriki Jewelry shop in Tokyo sells gold bars and gold art objects. Especially popular are those ‘obans,’ large coins in the feudal style, which sell–like the official coins collected in the West–at a premium.

1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Apr. ii. 41/1 Among the Far Eastern coins, interest should be particularly keen in two rare obans—flat, oval-shaped ingots issued by Japan in past centuries as backing for its monetary system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oban
释义	obann. Brit. /ˈəʊban/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌbɑn/ Forms: 1600s oeban, 1600s 1900s– oban, 1800s– obang Brit. /ˈəʊbaŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌbɑŋ/. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ōban. Etymology: < Japanese ōban, lit. ‘big size’ (earlier as ohoban ) < ō- great (earlier as oho- , ofo- ) + -ban size, format, also used to denote a monetary unit, combining form of han differentiation, distinguishing mark, seal, size < Middle Chinese. In quot. 1662 via French Oeban (1659 in the passage translated, 1868 in Littré as oban ). Compare kobang n. N.E.D. (1902) enters this under obang and gives the pronunciation as (ō^u·bæŋ) /ˈəʊbæŋ/. Now chiefly historical. An oblong gold coin with rounded corners, formerly current in Japan and now used on special occasions in offerings or gifts; the sum of money represented by this, equal to ten kobangs. Cf. kobang n.Obans were issued from the late 16th to the mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins oban1614 ichibu1616 kobang1616 sen1727 tempo1860 rin1868 yen1874 1614 R. Cocks Ledger 18 Dec. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory Japan (1991) II. (modernized spelling) 1279 William Eaton—by money eight bars oban gold, received in payment of goods sold at Ozakay and brought by himself to Firando. 1615 R. Cocks Diary 7 Sept. (1883) I. 53 And Andrea Dittis, the China Capt., brought back a bar of Oban gould. 1616 R. Cocks Diary 12 Aug. (1883) I. 161 We were enformed that som villanous people sett upon the gard which kept the 30 bars Oban. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors (1669) ii. 147 A thousand Oebans of Gold, which amount to forty seven thousand Thayls, or crowns. 1863 Reader 21 Nov. 595 The half-obang is almost literally an obang, which is elliptic in form, cut in half. 1890 Daily News 11 Oct. 5/4 The next in size to this unwieldy coin is the Japanese ‘obang’, which weighs rather more than two ounces and a half, about equal to ten English sovereigns. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 548 The bronze sen and 5 rin pieces of this reign had as obverse type the kiri-flower crest which had appeared on the gold obans and kobans of the shogunate. 1979 Fortune (Nexis) 5 Nov. 54 The Tokuriki Jewelry shop in Tokyo sells gold bars and gold art objects. Especially popular are those ‘obans,’ large coins in the feudal style, which sell–like the official coins collected in the West–at a premium. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Apr. ii. 41/1 Among the Far Eastern coins, interest should be particularly keen in two rare obans—flat, oval-shaped ingots issued by Japan in past centuries as backing for its monetary system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614
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