However, regarding these views the conflict between Fujiwara and Genji (or other) clans had already ended with the 'total victory of the Fujiwara clan,' and most of the political disputes in those days were struggles for power among the Fujiwara clan, particularly between FUJIWARA no Michinaga and his nephew, FUJIWARA no Korechika.
尤も、このような見解についてはそもそも紫式部の当時藤原氏と源氏（あるいはその他の氏族）との政治的な対立は「藤原氏の完全な勝利」ですでに決着しており、当時の政争とは藤原道長とその甥藤原伊周との対立などほぼ全て「藤原氏内部での権力闘争」であった。