Norinaga MOTOORI said there seemed to be an influence of "The Tosa Diary with Note" on "The Tosa Diary's Abstract," but Yuzuru KISHIMOTO pointed out that it was impossible to explain the differences between the venerable classics quoted in both books.
本居宣長は『土佐日記抄』には『土佐日記附注』の影響が見られるとするが、岸本由豆流は、両書で引用している古典籍の相違が説明できないと指摘している。