In the early modern period, this book was published in 1664 as "Kamo no Chomei Kaidoki" with an epilogue written by Yusai HOSOKAWA dating from 1597, and it has therefore long been thought that the author was KAMO no Chomei.
作者は、近世、寛文4年に本書が『鴨長明海道記』として、慶長2年の細川幽斎の跋を加えて上梓されていることから、古くから鴨長明と考えられてきた。