Monogatari' in the narrowest sense refers to the classical monogatari works which began with "Taketori Monogatari" (the Tale of Bamboo Cutter) and ended with Giko monogatari (pseudo-classic monogatari) in the Kamakura period.
「物語」といった場合、最も狭義には『竹取物語』にはじまり、鎌倉時代の擬古物語に至る古典の物語文学作品そのもののことを指す。