Such stories combine elements from "Ikkyuu's Sayings" with the real Soujun IKKYUU; and as far as his childhood goes, is far from historically accurate; it is probably done to get readers involved in the story, as it only gets into more difficult reading in the episodes from his youth onward.
これは『一休咄』と史実の一休宗純を一つの物語にしており、幼少期については史実から遠いと言えるが、青年期以降のエピソードのみでは堅い話となるので、親しみを持たせるためにこのようにしたと思われる。