However, tales were ranked as 'fantasy' and 'amusements for women and children,' and such assessments were quite low compared with private collections of poetry much less an official collection of poetry such as a collection of poems by Imperial command.
しかし、物語という作品の位置付けが「絵空事」「女子供の手慰み」といったものであり、勅撰集等公的な位置付けを持った歌集はもちろん、そうでない私的な歌集等と比べても極めて低いものであった。