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Noun
1. comic novel (Edo period)
Wikipedia definition
2. KokkeibonThe kokkeibon was a genre and type of early modern Japanese novel. It came into being late in the Edo period during the 19th century. As a genre, it depicted the comical behavior occurring in daily life of the commoners. The kokkeibon genre is the successor of the dangibon genre. Jippensha Ikku's Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (1802-1822) is identified as the first representative novel. A less strict definition includes the dangibon as an "early kokkeibon".
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