orihonn.
/ˈɒrɪhɒn/, U.S. /ˈɔriˌhɑn/ Bookbinding.
A book formed by folding a scroll alternately backwards and forwards, the resulting concertina-shaped volume then being fastened with cord passed through holes made down one side, and usually enclosed in heavy covers.Orihon were first produced in Japan in the 12th cent. and were esp. used for Buddhist texts.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > formed from printed roll
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1882–4 G. A. Audsley Ornamental Arts Japan 126 Covers or bindings of ori-hon, or folding books, frequently present interesting specimens of Japanese silk.
1907 C. Davenport Book ii. 28 The Chinese and Japanese..by help of the ancient device of ‘stabbing’ the flattened roll along one of its sides,..produce a form called an ‘Orihon’, easy to consult, strong.
1951 S. Jennett Making of Bks. xi. 155 This form of book was much used throughout the East, and was known as an orihon.
1968 E. G. Turner Greek Papyri 173 It has been suggested that the codex evolved out of an intermediate form of leather or skin roll in which stitches were inserted in the spaces between every second column, the skin being folded on itself at the intervening column, so that the whole roll was folded concertina-fashion. Books of this kind (termed orihon) are still in everyday use in China and Japan.
1990 Monumenta Nipponica 45 485 To convey the flavour and physical form of the handscroll, the book has been made up in orihon style, that is, folded in concertina fashion and not bound in separate pages held together at the spine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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