勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あく小しょう説せつ

noun

didactic novel; morality tale

Refers to Edo-period fiction that promotes good and punishes evil, often with clear moral lessons. A historical literary term.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには勧かん善ぜん懲ちょう悪あく小しょう説せつが多おおく書かかれた。

  Many didactic novels were written during the Edo period.