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Kawaraban

Last updated on August 1, 2024.

From the Edo era to the Meiji era, news was printed mainly on the streets and open-air streets, and was printed. It was also called "Yomiuri" because it was sold while reading it with a knot.

It is said that the name of "Kawaraban" was given from the place where the characters were engraved on clay (nend) and baked (ya) were made into a plate (han). There is also a theory, but there are many things that remain today (konichi) today.

It consists of a picture (e) and an explanatory text, and the contents to be handled are enemies (Katakiuchi), suicide (Shinju), and things to see (things) From disaster information such as information (fire) and fire (fire) to politics (seiji), shogunate (shogunate) to politics (shogunate).

References

Dictionary of National History, Hirofumi Kikkawa, 1983.2

Japanese History Encyclopedia, Heibonsha 1993

"Japanese History Encyclopedia" Shogakukan 2000.7

“Japanese History Dictionary” Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1985.3

Related illustrations
E056 tile version [Figure of an interview with the mission of North and South America]

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