浮うき世よ草ぞう子し

noun

ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class

Historical term for a popular literary genre in the Edo period, focusing on the lives and customs of townspeople, especially the merchant class. Often contrasted with earlier kana-zōshi and later sharebon or ninjōbon.

• 井い原はら西さい鶴かくは浮うき世よ草子ぞうしの代だい表ひょう的てきな作さく者しゃです。

  Ihara Saikaku is a representative author of ukiyo-zōshi.

• 浮うき世よ草子ぞうしには当とう時じの町ちょう人にんの生せい活かつが生いき生いきと描えがかれている。

  In ukiyo-zōshi, the lives of townspeople of that time are vividly depicted.