uta monogatari

Meaning

Noun

  • A Japanese literary genre that originated in the Heian period. A subgenre of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (waka) with fictional prose narrative.

Origin

  • From Japanese 歌物語 ("poem-tale")

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