noun
word picture; sketch-like prose
A literary term for prose that vividly depicts a scene or subject in a sketch-like manner, often associated with the Meiji-era literary movement led by Masaoka Shiki.
正岡子規は写生文の提唱者として知られている。
Masaoka Shiki is known as the advocate of shaseibun (sketch-like prose).
この随筆は写生文の技法で自然を描写
This essay depicts nature using the technique of shaseibun.