All through his life, Hokkai did not take a liking to writing his own book, and there were none that became published when he was alive; but book of his songs were complied and published by his disciples after his death.
北海は生涯、著作を著すことを好まず、生前刊行されるものはなかったが、没後に門人によってその詩編が編集され出版されている。