Reading material - reading material

Japanese: 読物 - よみもの

〘noun〙① Something written to be read. A book. In modern times, it often refers to books that can be read casually, novels, etc. [Rodriguez's Great Japanese Literature (1604-08)] *Kyogenki Bunzo (1660) "For a reader, is this a precept for a garden or a decree?"② Learning to read. How to read. *Storybook Rakukento (1772) moral teaching "Just as the unfilial son was in the midst of his anger at the thought of a curse, the master of reading entered."③ A piece of Heikyoku that was intended as a teaching for the passing on of knowledge. It is centered around the reading of documents such as letters and imperial decrees. For example, Yasuyori's norito. ④ The part of a Noh play in which the shite reads a document. It has a complex rhythm somewhere between words and verses . Such as the " Ataka " fundraising book, the " Shoson " pledge, and the "Kiso " petition. ⑤ The title or subject of a story performed by a storyteller or a rakugo performer at a vaudeville hall . ※Tokyo Fuzokushi (1899-1902) <Hiraide Kojiro>, part 2 "The titles (readings) of storytelling are various, such as war stories, family feuds, <abbreviated> and detective stories."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 読むために書かれたもの。書物。現代では、気軽に読める本、小説の類をいうことが多い。〔ロドリゲス日本大文典（1604‐08）〕※狂言記・文蔵（1660）「それよみ物にとりては庭訓か式状か」② 読むことを学習すること。読み方。※咄本・楽牽頭（1772）教訓「不孝なる息子、かんどふせんと立腹最中の処へ、読(ヨミ)ものの師匠、中へはいり」③ 平曲のうち、伝授事とされた曲。書簡、院宣などの文書を読み上げる部分を中心に置く。康頼祝詞など。④ 謡曲で、一曲のうちシテが文書を読み上げる部分。詞(ことば)と節(ふし)の中間に位する複雑なリズムのもの。「安宅(あたか)」の勧進帳、「正尊(しょうぞん)」の起請文、「木曾」の願書(がんじょ)などの類。⑤ 寄席(よせ)で、講釈師または浪曲師の演ずる標題、または題目。※東京風俗志（1899‐1902）〈平出鏗二郎〉下「講談は演題(ヨミモノ)には軍談・お家騒動〈略〉探偵談など種々ありて」

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