The poem was interpreted as an expectation for Kakimon-in's being raised to the Empress (an Imperial consort), so the history book made a supposition that the person who made the poem was Kakimon-in's father, but it also said that it was not certain who the person was.
嘉喜門院の后（中宮）への昇格を期待する意であると解釈し、これを根拠としてこの人物を嘉喜門院の父と推定するが、それが誰なのかは未知であると述べる。