The anecdote about 'Ranmaru MORI' shows similarities to stories about other people and classical literature, and so some point out that it is a fiction created after the Edo period as well as a propaganda presented by a family of daimyo (Japanese feudal lord), the Mori clan.
「森蘭丸」の逸話には、他の人物や古典との類似が見られ、江戸時代以降の創作および大名森家による宣伝が指摘されている。