The lord of Kaga Domain, the Maeda clan who were the big supporters of Hosho-ryu school said that they were descendants of Michizane SUGAWARA and, taking into account this fact, the noh schools perform the story changing the scene in which the ghost of Michizane becomes raijin, a thunder god, and rushes around wildly to a scene in which the ghost dances to celebrate the Imperial Court.
なお能流派では、宝生流の大後援者であった加賀藩主前田氏が菅原道真の子孫と称していたことに遠慮して、道真の霊が雷神となって内裏を暴れまわるところを改作し、朝廷を寿いで舞を舞うという筋にして上演する。