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Otogizōshi are a group of short stories with pictures, written in Japan, mostly in the period between 1392 and 1573. There are about 350 of these stories. They are about many different things: love, religion, fighting, humor, and other things. The otogizōshi were often read to an audience.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Online edition of the Otogizōshi at Kyoto University Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine