Where does “時代劇” come from?

時代劇 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 劇, from Middle Chinese 劇.

時代劇 (Japanese): A genre of period drama in Japanese theater,...

Definitions

  1. A genre of period drama in Japanese theater,...

Ancestry of “時代劇”, step by step

時代劇 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 劇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese劇play
2Middle Chinese劇—

via Japanese 時代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時代age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;...

Words derived from “時代劇”

Every word from Middle Chinese 劇 →Every word from Japanese 劇 →