uta monogatari

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese literary genre that originated in the Heian period. A subgenre of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (waka) with fictional prose narrative.

Word forms

uta monogatari

Etymology

From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, “poem-tale”).

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