Otogi-zōshi

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:literature
Japanese folklore
medieval Japanese prose
gptkbp:etymology otogi (companion) + zōshi (booklet)
gptkbp:first_printed_collection Otogi Bunko
gptkbp:form short story
illustrated tale
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Otogi-zōshi
gptkbp:illustrator emakimono (picture scrolls)
gptkbp:influenced later Japanese literature
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Urashima_Tarō
gptkb:Issun-bōshi
gptkb:Momotarō
gptkb:Kachi-kachi_Yama
gptkbp:numberOfBooks over 350
gptkbp:Otogi_Bunko_published late 16th century
gptkbp:Otogi_Bunko_publisher gptkb:Shibukawa_Seiemon
gptkbp:period gptkb:Muromachi_period
late 14th to early 17th century
gptkbp:preserves libraries
Japanese museums
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:setsuwa
monogatari
otogibanashi
gptkbp:targetAudience commoners
aristocrats
gptkbp:theme romance
folk tales
supernatural
Buddhist morality
warrior tales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Urashima_Tarō_(fairy_tale)
gptkb:Japanese_fairy_tales
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6