講こう談だん本ぼん

noun

book of oral narratives; story book

Refers to a book that records or adapts traditional oral storytelling (講談) into written form, often with historical or heroic tales.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの講こう談だん本ぼんには、武ぶ士しの活かつ躍やくがよく描えがかれている。

  Edo-period story books often depict the exploits of samurai.