Talking' which was an advertising statement of play had a phrase meaning that 'this was a story about chivalrous robber which was shaped into Kabuki as shown in Toyokuni's preliminary sketch.
劇の宣伝文である「語り」には「豐國漫畫姿其儘歌舞伎仕組義賊傳」（大意：豊国の下絵に描かれた姿をそのまま歌舞伎に仕立て上げた義賊伝である）とある。