"Hojoki" (An Account of My Hut) by KAMO no Chomei, "Tsurezure gusa" (Essays in Idleness) by Kenko YOSHIDA and this book are called Japan's three most famous books on history and caricature.
鴨長明の『方丈記』、吉田兼好の『徒然草』と並んで日本三大一覧歴史・風刺と称される。