Although the collection does include some tales with Buddhist subject matter, most such tales tend to be on bawdy or humorous topics (for example, one features a chigo (acolyte) of Mt. Hiei who becomes the laughingstock of the priests when his youthful inexperience leads him to speak in a manner inappropriate to the occasion), and didactic or morally instructive elements are relatively weak in such tales.
仏教に関する説話も含むが、どちらかというと猥雑、ユーモラスな話題（比叡山の稚児が幼さゆえの場違いな発言で僧侶の失笑を買う、等）が多く、教訓や啓蒙の要素は薄い。