中ちゅう古こ文ぶん

noun

Heian-period kana writing

Technical term in Japanese literary history referring to prose written in kana during the Heian period, especially works by women such as The Tale of Genji.

• 中ちゅう古こ文ぶんの代だい表ひょう作さくとして『源げん氏じ物もの語がたり』がよく挙あげられる。

  The Tale of Genji is often cited as a representative work of Heian-period kana writing.

• 中ちゅう古こ文ぶんは、当とう時じの貴き族ぞく女じょ性せいの生せい活かつや心しん情じょうを生いき生いきと描えがいている。

  Heian-period kana writing vividly depicts the lives and emotions of aristocratic women of the time.