世せ話わ物もの

noun

sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

A genre of kabuki and jōruri plays depicting the lives and loves of commoners in the Edo period, as opposed to historical dramas (時代物).

• 『曽そ根ね崎ざき心しん中じゅう』は近ちか松まつ門もん左ざ衛え門もんの有ゆう名めいな世せ話わ物ものです。

  "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki" is a famous sewamono by Chikamatsu Monzaemon.