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Kusazōshi
is a term that covers various genres of popular woodblock-printed illustrated literature during the Japanese Edo Period (1600-1868) and early Meiji period. These works were published in the city of Edo (modern Tokyo).
In its widest sense, the term kusazōshi includes the genres of , ,, and ; in the narrow sense it may refer uniquely to gōkan. Kusazōshi belong to the group of works of popular fiction known as .