A similar confusion existed in the relation between 'Sansho Dayu' Sansho the Bailiff) and his self-commentary 'Rekishi Sonomama to Rekishi Banare' (History As It Is and History Abandoned).
同様の混乱は「山椒大夫」と自作解説「歴史其儘と歴史離れ」との間にも生じていた。