| It is a masterpiece not only among the court literature but also of the entire history of Japanese literature in terms of quantity, quality and literary achievement, and its influence on posterity is immeasurable. |
分量、内容、文学的成果のいずれから言っても王朝物語のみならず日本文学史上の雄であり、後世に与えた影響ははかりしれない。 |