Monogatari

The form was prominent around the 9th to 15th centuries, reaching a peak between the 10th and 13th centuries. Monogatari was the court literature during the Heian era and also persisted in the form of archaic fiction until the sixteenth century. ==Genres==

The genre is subdivided into multiple categories depending on their contents: Denki-monogatari Stories dealing with fantastical events. Uta-monogatari Stories drawn from poetry. Tsukuri-monogatari Aristocratic court romances. Rekishi-monogatari Historical tales that emerged during the late Heian period, flourishing until the medieval age. These narratives were commonly written in kanbun (hybrid form of Chinese) or wabun (Japanese). Two of the most notable of this monogatari included the Eiga Monogatari and Ōkagami, which both narrated the story of Michinaga, the renowned Fujiwara regent. Gunki-monogatari Military chronicles and stories about war. Setsuwa-monogatari Anecdotal tales. Giko-monogatari Pseudo-classical imitations of earlier tales. ==Influence==

When European and other foreign literature later became known to Japan, the word monogatari began to be used in Japanese titles of foreign works of a similar nature. For example, A Tale of Two Cities is known as Nito Monogatari (), One Thousand and One Nights as ''Sen'ichiya Monogatari () and more recently The Lord of the Rings as Yubiwa Monogatari () and To Kill a Mockingbird as Arabama Monogatari'' (). ==See also==