"Kanadehon Chushingura" was created jointly by Izumo TAKEDA the second, Shoraku MIYOSHI and Sosuke NAMIKI, and its story is based on "Enya Hangan zanshi no koto" (the tragic death of Enya Hangan (inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period (period during which the system of government was based on criminal and administrative codes))), volume 21 of "Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace).
『仮名手本忠臣蔵』は二代目竹田出雲・三好松洛・並木宗輔の合作によるもので、太平記巻二十一「塩冶判官讒死の事」を世界(曖昧さ回避)としている。