The story borrowed motifs from a tradition of ONO no Komachi and an asaji ga yado (a squalid house covered with cogon) in "Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain)," written by Akinari UEDA.
ストーリーは小野小町の伝承と、上田秋成の雨月物語の中の浅茅が宿をモチーフにしている。