It should be noted that Akinari brought his work to a higher state than the original, adapting classics of the day such as by using a poetic device of Honkadori in composing waka poems; he wrote in an elegant style, interweaving Japanese writing, mixing Japanese elements and his original parts, adding his thoughts.
秋成は丁度和歌における本歌取りの技法のように、当時でも古典であったものを踏まえつつ、和文調を交えた流麗な文を編み、日本の要素や独自の部分を混ぜ、思想を加えるなど、原話を超えたものに仕上げていることに注目すべきだろう。