The author is thought to be Zeami, Kawakami Kannushi (Shinto priest) (the former two, based on "Nohon Sakusha Chumon"), or Zenchiku KOMPARU ("the Nihyakujuban Utai Mokuroku" (a catalog of 210 numbers of No theater lyrics).
作者については世阿弥説、河上神主説（以上『能本作者註文』）、金春禅竹説（『二百十番謡目録』）がある。