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Also tetsuyousou ’Τ—t‘• or retsuyousou —ρ—t‘•.
A multisection book. A type of Japanese book-binding. The first three to five sheets of paper are piled up and folded in half to make a set. Then several sets of folded sheets are arranged in a neat pile with the folded edges forming the spine. The binding is made by sewing the sections together using a complex and time-consuming procedure. The finished book, therefore, can be opened perfectly flat.
Retchousou originated in Japan in the 12c, and was widly used for works of native literature, including narrative stories, *nou ”\ texts, and anthologies of Japanese poetry (waka ˜a‰Μ). It was not used for Chinese or Buddhist texts. Confusingly, the terms *kochousou ŒΣ’±‘• (butterfly book) and *yamatotoji ‘ε˜a’Τ are sometimes used to refer to multisection books, and during the late Edo period even the term *detchousou ”S—t‘• became confused with retchousou.
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