In succession to the otogi zoshi, kana zoshi (novels written for women and children using kana rather than Chinese characters to make them easily understandable) and ukiyozoshi (literally, "books of the floating world") were produced by Saikaku IHARA and others.
お伽草子の流れを汲み、仮名草子や井原西鶴らの浮世草子がうまれた。