It is based on a koshaku (narration of a story) about the robber Seikichi ONIBOZU, who was executed in 1805, and also includes the incident of Edo-jo Castle Gokinzo Yaburi (Theft of the shogun's gold) in 1856, anecdotes of the expert swordsman Monzo YAEGAKI, and the scene of the Soga brothers' encounter which was often performed as a new year's program.
物語は文化(日本)二年(1805)に処刑になった盗賊・鬼坊主清吉の講釈ネタに、安政二年(1856)の江戸城御金蔵破り事件をからめ、剣客・八重垣紋三の逸話と初春恒例の曾我兄弟の対面を付け加えたもの。