taketori

Updated: August 28, 2026

But what may be called the classical form of Japanese prose was fixed by the Taketori Monogatari,* an anonymous work which appeared at the beginning of the Engi era , and was quickly followed by others. Still, the honour in which the ideograph was held never diminished. *The expression "monogatari" finds its nearest English equivalent in "narrative."

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era