A creation based on the popular belief about a gate breaking by Yoshihide ASAHINA, who was a retainer of Yoshimori WADA, and on preceding works such as 'Egara-no-Heita' by Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU.
和田義盛の郎党朝比奈義秀の門破りの俗説と、近松門左衛門の「悦賀楽平太」などの先行作をもとに創作された。