otogizōshi
Also known as Otogi-zōshi
thumb|upright=1.3|right|Illustration from tale, published
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- Overview
- List
- {{transliteration|ja|Kuge-mono}}
- ''Shūkyō-mono''
- ''Buke-mono''
- ''Shomin-mono''
- ''Gaikoku-mono''
- ''Irui-mono''
- Categories
- Origins of the term {{transliteration|ja|otogi-zōshi}}
- History of {{transliteration|ja|otogi-zōshi}} scholarship
- List of {{transliteration|ja|otogi-zōshi}}
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|right|Illustration from tale, published
are a group of about 350 Japanese prose narratives written primarily in the Muromachi period (1392–1573). These illustrated short stories, which remain unattributed, together form one of the representative literary genres of the Japanese medieval era.