A third point of view acknowledges that the currently extant "Uji shui monogatari" may well have been compiled as described above, but holds that the currently extant version represents only excerpts of the version described in number 3 above.
現存の『宇治拾遺物語』はこうして成立したらしいが、三がさらに抄出された版であるという見方もなされている。