"Godansho" (the Oe Conversations, with anecdotes and gossip) selected by OE no Masafusa who served Emperor Gosanjo and the Retired Emperor Shirakawa and recorded by FUJIWARA no Sanekane (kurodo [chamberlain]), is a representative example of anecdotes; it was written in the first half of the 12th century.
その代表に後三条天皇、白河上皇に仕えた大江匡房が撰し、藤原実兼(蔵人)が筆録した『江談抄』があり、12世紀前半に書かれた。