Although it has been said to be a work of Zeami, due to the fact that Zeami himself has written that a part of the play was 'the tune of Konparu ("Sarugaku Dangi," Zeami's talk on his own art),' there is speculation that a Noh piece with this title already existed at his time.
旧来世阿弥作ともいわれてきたが、世阿弥自身がこの能の一部について「金春の節である（申楽談儀）」と書いているところから、世阿弥の時代にはすでにこの主題の能があったことが推測される。