With its name and the contents, the Jodo Sugoroku is considered to have been made by the monks of Jodo (Pure Land) sect in origin, and the Jodo Sugoroku often appeared in the works (such as "Koshoku ichidai otoko (Life of a Sensuous Man)) by Saikaku IHARA.
なお、その名称や内容から元は浄土宗系統の僧侶によって作られたとも言われ、江戸時代の井原西鶴の作品（『好色一代男』などには）浄土双六がしばしば登場する。