洒落しゃれ本ぼん

noun

sharebon; Edo-period comic novelette about the pleasure quarters

A genre of short, witty fiction from the late Edo period, often set in the red-light districts and known for its sophisticated, humorous dialogue.

• 洒落しゃれ本ぼんは江え戸ど時じ代だい後こう期きに流りゅう行こうした遊ゆう里りを舞ぶ台たいにした小しょう説せつの一いっ種しゅです。

  Sharebon are a type of novel set in the pleasure quarters that were popular in the late Edo period.