The story
- Japanese · borrowed from歌物語“poem-tale”
- English todayuta monogatari
From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, “poem-tale”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
uta monogatari
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Japanese 歌物語