As for a writer of this Noh play, Zeami's name is written in his "Goon" (Five Sounds) as if he was a writer, and the name of 'Misogi-gawa River' identified as this music is seen also in his "Goongyokujojo" (Various Matters Concerning the Five Modes of Musical Expression).
作者については、世阿弥の著書『五音』に世阿弥作の扱いで書かれており、またこの曲に比定される｢ミソギ川｣の名が、同じく世阿弥の『五音曲条々』に見える。