uta monogatari

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.

OriginJapanese 歌物語 →
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Meanings

nounuta monogatari (countable and uncountable, plural uta monogatari)
  1. countableuncountableA 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

  1. Japanese歌物語“poem-tale”
  2. Englishuta monogatari

From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, “poem-tale”).

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