Kashi-hon
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Kashi-hon(Thải bổn)is a Japanese phrase for books and magazines that are rented out.Kashi-hon ya(Thải bổn ốc)refers to thebook rental serviceit was based on, also just simply calledkashi-hon.[1]
Kashi-honbegan in Japan around c. 1630 because books were too expensive for common people to buy, and therefore people would prefer borrowing over buying. Some "librarians" would travel around in order to increase their clientele and make more money.
Thekashi-honmarket exploded afterWorld War IIall over Japan. People of both genders and all ages rented books,manga,and monthly magazines. However, when libraries were built nationwide and publishers started to print more copies of their books and magazines so they could be sold for lower prices in the mid-1950s, the number ofkashi-hondecreased dramatically.[2]In modern Japan there are only a fewkashi-honstores left, and the market is very small.
Kashi-honis calledzu shu dian(Tô thư điếm) in Chinese. InTaiwan,it is a store that buys the books and rents them to customers to get the profit. Usually, the books inkashi-honare comics, novels, and magazines. Besides renting books, some stores help customers to order books and also provideVCDsorDVDsfor renting.
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[edit]- ^Aoki, Deb (March 17, 2017)."History of Manga – Manga Goes to War (Comics in Pre-War, World War II and Post-War Japan 1920–1949)".LiveAbout.Dotdash.RetrievedAugust 26,2020.
Another affordable option for readers [post-World War II] werekashibonyaor rental libraries. For a small fee, readers could enjoy a variety of titles without having to pay full-price for their own copy.
- ^Liddell, C.B. (December 24, 2010)."Meet some famous Japanese ghosts of publishing".The Japan Times.RetrievedAugust 26,2020.
Designed to be borrowed and repeatedly read, thekashi honwere sturdy, well-made books, usually with a hard cover.... Flourishing in the '50s,kashi honstarted to go out of business in the '60s when manga anthologies, featuring the work of several artists, printed in cheaper, more disposable formats, came into vogue.