When it was first performed, the gedai was "Kinmon Gosan-no-kiri" ('kinmon' means 'a golden gate'), and later it was changed to "Sanmon Gosan-no-kiri" ('sanmon' means 'a two-story front gate of a temple'; 'gosan-no-kiri' is a crest of eleven paulownia flowers divided into three groups as 3＋5＋3).
初演時の歌舞伎外題は『金門五山桐』（きんもんごさんのきり）、のちに改称されて現在の歌舞伎外題となった。