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Genres
Literary Genres (and sub-genres)
Japanese poetry (
waka
)
tanka
chôka
hanka
renga
haikai
3 major genres of poetry in the
Man'yôshû
Zôka
Banka
Sômon
Poetry collections
uta monogatari
- poem tales
haiku
poetry and
haibun
monogatari
– “tales”
uta monogatari
- poem tales
gunki monogatari
– war tales
Music
saibara
gagaku
imayô
Dance
bugaku
gigaku
?
shirabyôshi
butô
Drama
dengaku
sarugaku
nô
kyôgen
bunraku
or
jôruri
kabuki
Takarazuka
shingeki
shogekijô
rakugo
Prose
nikki
– “journals” or “memoirs”
zuihitsu
-
pensee
, "following the brush"
setsuwa
- "lesson tales"
otogizôshi
or
muromachi monogatari
- "companion booklets"
kanazôshi
– kana booklets
gesaku
- "low" works
ukiyozôshi
– books of the floating world
yomihon
– “books for reading”
kusazôshi
– illustrated books
kibyôshi
gôkan
modern literary trends
naturalism
"I" novels
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