early modern Japanese; Edo-period Japanese
Linguistics term for the Japanese language as used during the Edo period (1603–1868).
In the study of early modern Japanese, documents from the Edo period serve as important sources.
Refers to modern Japanese from the Meiji era onward, a later stage than 近世語.
Compound of 近世 (kinsei, 'early modern') and 語 (go, 'language'). The term is a modern academic coinage for the Japanese of the Edo period.