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- noun A Japanese literary genre. A form of literature that originates in Heian period Japan. A sub-category of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (
tanka ) with fictional prose narrative.
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From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, "poem-tale")
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