Compared to "Okagami" (The Great Mirror)," Eiga Monogatari" has less of a critical spirit, and it treats the narrative as being so important that the descriptions are often inconsistent with history.
『栄花物語』は『大鏡』とは対照的に批判精神に乏しく、物語性を重要視するあまり、史実との齟齬を多く有する。