Masamoto NASU adapted the stories of 'The Chrysanthemum Vow,' 'The Blue Hood,' 'The Reed-Choked House,' 'A Serpent's Lust,' and 'The Carp of My Dreams,' for children's stories respectively, 'Promise,' 'Ogre,' 'Burned-out Site,' 'Snake's Eyes,' and 'Gengorobuna (Dytiscid carp).'
那須正幹が「菊花の約」・「青頭巾」・「浅茅が宿」・「蛇性の婬」・「夢応の鯉魚」をそれぞれ「約束」・「鬼」・「やけあと」・「へびの目」・「げんごろうぶな」という題名で子供向けに翻案したもの。