It was written under the policy, as far as possible, of making clear exactly what person from what region each story is about, leaving intentional blanks in the sentences when this was not clear, with the expectation that they would be filled in at a future date.
極力、どの地域の、何という人の話かということを明記する方針で書かれ、それらが明らかでない場合には意識的な空欄を設け、他日の補充を期す形で文章が構成されている。