It is said that the story was created to express the sprit of a native of Edo in an exaggerated way as the author didn't like country samurai from Saccho (Satsuma Domain and Choshu Domain), who walked around like they owned the world, from the end of Edo period through until the early Meiji period.
成り立ちは、幕末～明治初期、薩長の田舎侍が我が物顔で江戸を闊歩していることが気に食わず、江戸っ子の心意気を誇張して魅せるために作ったとされる。