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Because these stories were appreciated by people from all levels of society, they were frequently illustrated and made into scroll paintings *emaki Gͺ and picture books *ara- ehon ήΗG{ dating from the Muromachi to the early Edo periods. The stories were also recited by chanters and priests sometimes with the help of illustrations *etoki Gπ. The illustrations were painted in a naive style using bright colors, usually by anonymous artists. However, official painters produced a limited number of refined illustrations for the families of emperors and shouguns.
Otogi zoushi were the forerunners of Edo period *kana zoushi ΌΌq (a story book in kana ΌΌ script) and *ukiyo zoushi ’q (a story book of the floating world). Literary scholars today prefer using the terms Muromachi jidai monogatari Ί¬γ¨κ (Muromachi Period Tales) or Chuusei shousetsu ’¬ΰ (Short Stories of the Middle Ages) to more precisely describe these short stories.
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