仮か名な草ぞう子し

noun

kanazōshi; early Edo-period kana literature

Historical term for a genre of popular fiction from the early Edo period, written primarily in kana or mixed kana-kanji, often aimed at women and children.

• 仮か名な草子ぞうしは江え戸ど時じ代だい初しょ期きに流りゅう行こうした読よみ物ものです。

  Kanazōshi were popular reading materials in the early Edo period.

• 『竹ちく斎さい』は代だい表ひょう的てきな仮か名な草子ぞうしの一ひとつとされている。

  "Chikusai" is considered one of the representative works of kanazōshi.