Shinbe is formed on the basis of an image of Dai-Doji (great youth), who is said to have appeared at the time of destructive urban riots, and the criticism against Yoshimasa ASIKAGA in Shinbe's episode in Kyoto can be compared to criticism against Ogosho (leading or influential figure) Ienari TOKUGAWA, the episode of killing a tiger to the Rebellion of Heihachiro OSHIO in 1837.
親兵衛の造形には打ちこわしの際に現れたという大童子の姿が重ねられており、また親兵衛の京都物語に登場する足利義政批判に大御所徳川家斉批判が、虎退治の物語には大塩平八郎の乱（1837年）の隠喩があるともされる。