綺き譚たん

noun

beautiful story; elegant tale

A literary term coined by Kafū Nagai for a beautifully told or elegant story. Rare in everyday speech; encountered mainly in literary contexts or discussions of Nagai's works.

• 永なが井い荷か風ふうの「綺き譚たん」は、美うつくしい物もの語がたりを指さす言こと葉ばとして知しられている。

  Kafū Nagai's '綺譚' is known as a term for a beautiful story.