近きん世せい語ご

noun

early modern Japanese; Edo-period Japanese

Linguistics term for the Japanese language as used during the Edo period (1603–1868).

• 近きん世せい語ごの研けん究きゅうでは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんが重じゅう要ような資し料りょうとなる。

  In the study of early modern Japanese, documents from the Edo period serve as important sources.