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“Historical novel writing” in Japanese

Short answer
演義 engi えんぎ

Historical novel writing in Japanese is “演義” (engi). Full meaning: popularization, simplification, explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese), historical novel writing.

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