読よみ本ほん

noun

yomihon; Edo-period popular literature

A genre of illustrated popular fiction from the late Edo period, often with historical or moral themes. The term is primarily used in literary history contexts.

• 曲きょく亭てい馬ば琴きんは読よみ本ほんの代だい表ひょう作さく『南なん総そう里さと見み八はっ犬けん伝でん』を書かいた。

  Kyokutei Bakin wrote the representative yomihon work 'Nansō Satomi Hakkenden'.