Nezumi komon haruno shingata is a Kabuki version of a kodan story written by Hakuen SHORIN, whose subject was a chivalrous robber Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi, who actually existed during the Tenpo era.
『鼠小紋東君新形』は、天保年間に実在した義賊・鼠小僧次郎吉を題材とした松林伯円作の講談の歌舞伎化。