noun
novel of manners; novel depicting contemporary customs
A genre of novel that portrays the social customs, manners, and daily life of a particular time and place.
彼の新作は江戸時代の風俗小説だ。
His new work is a novel of manners set in the Edo period.
風俗小説は当時
Novels of manners provide clues to understanding life at the time.