The original script of the play was "Sakura Kiyomizu Seigen" (written by Hyozo KATSU the second), and "Miyakodori nagare no shiranami" is its revised edition which Shinshichi wrote for a popular actor from Kamigata (Kyoto and Osaka area), Kodanji ICHIKAWA (the fourth) when Shinshichi was in obscurity without hits.
もとは『櫻清水清玄』（鶴屋南北作）という脚本であったが、人気作に恵まれず不遇をかこっていた新七が上方下りの人気役者市川小團次(4代目)のために改訂版として作った。