Such excellent literary works as "Koshoku ichidai otoko" (Life of an amorous man) by Saikaku IHARA were written as Kana Zoshi, which later came to be distinguished as Ukiyo Zoshi (stories of the floating world).
仮名草子の中から井原西鶴による『好色一代男』などの優れた文芸が著されるようになり、これは後に浮世草子と区別して呼ばれるようになる。