捕とり物もの帳ちょう

noun

Edo-period detective story; thief-taker tale

Refers to a genre of fiction set in the Edo period, often featuring 目明かし or 岡っ引き as protagonists. The term evokes a historical, nostalgic feel.

See also: 目明かし · 岡っ引き

• この捕とり物もの帳ちょうは江え戸どの庶しょ民みんの暮くらしを生いき生いきと描えがいている。

  This detective story vividly depicts the lives of common people in Edo.

• 彼かれは捕とり物もの帳ちょうを読よみながら、江え戸ど時じ代だいの町ちょう人にん文ぶん化かに思おもいを馳はせた。

  While reading the thief-taker tale, he imagined the merchant culture of the Edo period.

noun

detective's memoirs; thief-taker's memoirs

Can refer to a real detective's or thief-taker's written record of cases, distinct from fictional stories. Less common than the fictional genre sense.

• その捕とり物もの帳ちょうは、実じっ際さいに岡おかっ引ぴきが書かき残のこした手しゅ記きだった。

  That detective's memoirs were actually notes left by a real thief-taker.