戯げ作さく者しゃ

noun

gesaku writer; writer of light fiction (Edo period)

Refers specifically to authors of gesaku (戯作), a genre of popular, often humorous or satirical fiction from the late Edo period. Not a general term for modern fiction writers.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの戯げ作さく者しゃには、十じっ返ぺん舎しゃ一いっ九くや式しき亭てい三さん馬ばなどがいる。

  Gesaku writers of the Edo period include Jippensha Ikku and Shikitei Sanba.

• 彼かれは戯げ作さく者しゃとして、滑こっ稽けい本ぼんや人にん情じょう本ぼんを多おおく書かいた。

  As a gesaku writer, he wrote many kokkeibon (humorous books) and ninjōbon (romantic books).