Yokawa no sozu, who firstly appeared in this chapter as the high-ranking Buddhist priest of Hieizan (Mt. Hiei), is said to have been created by looking to Eshin sozu, who was popular among the nobles in the Heian period, as a model and was constantly depicted as a person of character.
この帖から登場する比叡山の高僧・横川（よかわ）の僧都は、当時の平安貴族に人気の高かった恵心僧都（源信_(僧侶)）がモデルと言われ、終始人格者として描かれている。