Among the novels and tales written from the late Heian period to the early Muromachi period, Ocho Monogatari refers to the ones that are characterized by having Japanese sentences written in Hiragana (the Japanese syllabaries), and having been created on the basis of the customs, aesthetic sense, and the concepts of literature during the period of Court rule.
王朝物語（おうちょうものがたり）は、平安時代後期から室町時代前期ごろにかけて作られた小説・物語群のうち、和文と平仮名表記をもっぱらとし、王朝期の風俗や美意識・文学観念に依拠しつつ製作されたものを指す。