Various collections of anecdotes were also compiled and the culture and literature in this period is represented by "Konjaku Monogatari Shu" (Tales of Times Now Past), which could be said to be a compilation of all the anecdotes from that period.
また様々な説話集も編まれており、その集大成とも言いうる『今昔物語集』などの説話集の存在も、この時代の文化や文学の様子をよく現している。