a period of Japanese cultural history, c1675–1725, characterized by depiction of everyday secular activities of urban dwellers in fiction and woodblock prints.
Origin: < Japn, the imperial era name (official epithet) for the period 1688–1704 (< MChin, equiv. to Chin yuán original, first + lù good fortune)
[gen-roh-koo; Japn. gen-raw-koo] 
