| This is a kind of mono zukushi (list of things) or shokunin zukushi (list of craftsmen), in which the author listed social conditions, trades, public entertainment, and culture under the pretense of a man who went to see sarugaku (a medieval Noh farce) at Kyo one night. |
ある晩京の猿楽見物に訪れた家族の記事に仮託して当時の世相・職業・芸能・文物などを列挙していった物尽くし・職人尽くし風の書物である。 |