The representative Heian literature, "The Tale of Genji," contains such chapters as well as "Utsuho monogatari" (The Tale of the Hollow Tree), "Hamamatsu Chunagon Monogatari" (The Tale of Hamamatsu Chunagon [vice-councilor of state]), and so on.
代表的な王朝物語である『源氏物語』のほか『宇津保物語』、『浜松中納言物語』などに見られる。