Along with "Sugawara denju tenaraikagami" (Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy) and "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" (Yoshitsune and One Thousand Cherry Trees), "Kanadehon Chushingura" is considered as one of the three masterpieces of ningyo joruri plays, and it has influenced various works in other fields since then.
『仮名手本忠臣蔵』は『菅原伝授手習鑑』『義経千本桜』とならぶ人形浄瑠璃の三大傑作といわれ、後代他分野の作品に大きな影響を及ぼしている。