From all this, the author is thought to have been someone who was familiar with the Onin War and had some sort of involvement in it, perhaps a monk or court noble who had taken Buddhist orders and lamented the meaninglessness of the warriors' conflict.
このようなことから、この応仁の乱を熟知し、何らかの関与をしていた人物で武家の戦乱の無意味さを嘆いた出家した僧か公家が作者ではないかとも思われる。