ash ū ▁indicating ▁an ▁upper ▁bound ▁for ▁these ▁stories . ▁ ▁Trad ition ▁states ▁that ▁Fu ji w ara ▁no ▁T ame u ji ▁( 1 2 2 2 – 1 2 8 6 ) ▁and ▁Fu ji w ara ▁no ▁T ames u ke ▁( 1 2 6 3 – 1 3 2 8 ) ▁created ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁manuscript s ▁also ▁indicating ▁completion ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁ ▁The ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁is ▁unknown . ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁main ▁theories : ▁A ▁reflection ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁stories ▁( mon og at ari ) ▁bound ▁( ts ut sum i ) ▁together ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁collection . ▁An ▁app ell ation ▁to ▁Fu ji w ara ▁no ▁Kan es u ke ▁who ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁R ivers ide ▁Middle ▁Coun sel or ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁residence ▁near ▁the ▁K amo ▁River . ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁contains ▁ten ▁short ▁stories : ▁▁ ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁incomplete ▁fragment ▁at ▁the ▁end . ▁It ▁is ▁un t itled , ▁but ▁various ly ▁known ▁by ▁its ▁first ▁few ▁words ▁as ▁. ▁ ▁Man us cript s ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁approximately ▁ 6 0 ▁existing ▁manuscript s , ▁but ▁the ▁original ▁no ▁longer ▁exists . ▁Each ▁manuscript ▁has ▁difficult ▁to ▁read ▁pass ages ▁and ▁the ▁text ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁needs ▁to ▁be ▁supp lement ed ▁by ▁comparison ▁with ▁other ▁manuscript s . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Ky ō to ▁University ▁manuscript ▁ ▁Category