It was composed by a blind musician, Kengyo (the highest title of the official ranks within the Todo-za (the traditional guild for the blind)) YOSHIZAWA, who was active in Nagoya and Kyoto during the Manen and Bunkyu eras at the end of the Edo Period.
幕末の万延、文久頃、名古屋、京都で活躍した盲人音楽家吉沢検校が作曲した。