In 1942, it was published under the title of "Meiji no Engeki" (The Theater of the Meiji Period) together with "Kabuki Dangi" (Kabuki Lecture) for Daito Selected Classics of Literature by Daito Publishing, and it was recommended by the Ministry of Education as "a contribution to the moral education of young people during the war."
1942年に大東出版社の大東名著選に『歌舞伎談義』とともに『明治の演劇』の題で発行され、「戦時下、青少年の情操陶冶に資する」として文部省推薦本となった。