For that reason, Shoyo put this novel along with all of his other novels into the 'supplemental volumes' when he compiled and edited the "Shoyo senshu" (literally, "Shoyo's collection") in his later years.
なので、作者は晩年、『逍遙選集』を編集したときに、この作品などの小説類を、すべて〈別冊〉にくくりこんだ。