Nise Monogatari (仁勢物語, occasionally 似勢物語) is a Japanese kana-zōshi written in the early Edo period by an unknown author.
[1] It was written as a parody of the famous Heian period romantic poem tale the Ise Monogatari,[1] specifically the rufubon (popular) text containing 125 short episodes.
[1] The late-Edo period author Ryūtei Tanehiko [ja] speculated that it was the early Edo waka poet and Noh playwright Karasumaru Mitsuhiro [ja],[1] but modern scholars reject this theory.
[1] Unlike other parodies of classical works, such as Inu Makura (犬枕) and Inu Tsurezure (犬徒然), Nise Monogatari is a beat-for-beat parody of the content of Ise,[1] with the setting changed from the sophisticated courtly world of the Heian aristocracy to the vulgar society of early modern Japan.
[1] It is centered around puns and humour,[1] with the plot itself unremarkable and apparently not having been a concern for the author.