Also jōsōbon 帖装本 and orijō 折帖 or jō 帖. Ch: zheben (Jp: shōhon 摺本). An accordion book, typically made from sheets of paper which are pasted together in a long strip and then folded accordion fashion into the desired size. Usually the length is longer than the width. The paper used for the text is often *torinokogami 鳥の子紙 or *hanshi 半紙. The cover is made of binder's board or thick paper and is attached to the front and back sheets of the text. Easier to use than the *kansubon 巻子本 (handscroll), the orihon was employed for Buddhist scriptures as well as albums of collected calligraphy and painting. Orihon is thought to have originated sometime in the Heian period, developing alongside a number of other book forms that were based on Chinese models. Variations of orihon include the album *gajō 画帖 and the flutter book *senpūyō 旋風葉.
