The excessive inclination generated the name of an epigone of "The Tale of Genji," but works such as "Hamamatsu Chunagon Monogatari," "The Tale of Sagoromo" and "Awaken at Midnight" established a distinctive world, inheriting "Genji," so it would be worthwhile to evaluate this trend as the ripening of dynastic stories.
それがあまりに過度でありすぎるために源氏亜流物語という名称さえあるほどだが、例えば『浜松中納言物語』『狭衣物語』『夜半の寝覚』などは『源氏』を受継いで独特の世界をつくりあげており、王朝物語の達しえた成熟として高く評価するに足るであろう。