ABE no Seimei is said to have been a descendant of the ABE no Nakamaro family, and "Kinu Gyokuto shu" (aka. Hoki-Naiden), which is believed to have been used by ABE no Seimei as a book of secrets of Onmyodo, is said to have been compiled in the end of the Kamakura Period or early Muromachi Period.
安倍晴明は、阿部仲麻呂の一族の子孫とされるが、『金烏玉兎集』は安倍晴明が用いた陰陽道の秘伝書として、鎌倉時代末期か室町時代初期に作られた書とみられている。