An influence of KAMO no Mabuchi, a classical Japanese scholar, seems to have lay behind the author, Akinari, of "Ugetsu Monogatari," especially in the character of Saigyo in 'Shiramine.'
「白峯」での西行など、『雨月物語』を書く秋成の思想の背景に、国学者賀茂真淵からの影響が見られる。