It is thought that 'karesansui' written here refers to the style of how to put the stones or ornamental garden rocks in the corner of a garden, which is called 'the Heian period style of dry landscape' or 'the early style of dry landscape' as to distinguish it from the 'Hiraniwa karesansui' (a style of dry landscape in a flat Japanese garden without hills), at the same time, there is the opinion that there is no need to distinguish them because they are all the same style.
またここで記されている「枯山水」は庭園のなかの1区画に置く石、景石の置き方の様式を指していると考えられ、これを「平安時代式枯山水」「前期式枯山水」と呼び後世の「平庭枯山水」と別のものと把握しようとする意見と、同じ流れであり分ける必要はないとする意見がある。