pastoral

Japanese: pastoral
pastoral

...It is literature set in the countryside with shepherds as the main characters. It is a translation of pastoral. Its origin is the Latin word pastor, meaning "sheep farmer." (Idyll has a different origin, but is often used in the same sense as pastoral.)

*Some terminology explanations that mention "pastoral" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…田園を舞台に,羊飼いたちを主人公にした文学をいう。パストラルpastoralの訳語。語源はラテン語のpastor(〈牧羊者〉の意)である(イディルidyllは別語源だが,パストラルと同じ内容で用いられることが多い)。…

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