El Ise Monogatari (伊勢物語 Ise Monogatari?), es una colección japonesa de relatos cortos acerca del poeta Ariwara no Narihira, nieto del Emperador Heizei y que, aparentemente, no es mencionado en el texto, aunque sí lo hace de una manera muy velada en la forma de un enigmático Coronel Zaigo (在五). Zai es la lectura china (音読み - On'yomi) del primero de los dos ideogramas del apellido de Narihira, Ari (在), y go (五) significa cinco: Narihita era el quinto varón de la familia. La recopilación data del siglo X, durante el período Heian.

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The Tales of Ise (伊勢物語 Ise monogatari) is a Japanese uta monogatari, or collection of waka poems and associated narratives, dating from the Heian period. The current version collects 125 sections, with each combining poems and prose, giving a total of 209 poems in most versions. The exact date of composition and authorship can only be speculated; the identity of the nameless, idealised central character is likewise ambiguous, but suggested to be Ariwara no Narihira (825–880). Thirty of the poems from The Tales of Ise appear in the Kokin Wakashū (905), with similar headnotes, all attributed to Narihira. The combination of these poems, and the similarity of some events in the tales to Narihira's life, have led to the additional suggestion that Narihira actually composed the work; however, the inclusion of material and events dating after 880 suggests otherwise.

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