It is said that CHIKAMATSU who received information on this case at a fancy Japanese-style restaurant and took fast palanquin came up with the first line, 'Hashirigaki, utai no hon wa Konoe-ryu, yaroboshi wa murasakino' on the way back to Osaka.
近松は住吉の料亭でこの知らせを受け、早駕に乗り大坂への帰途で、「走り書、謡の本は近衛流、野郎帽子は紫の」という書き出しを思いついたという。