 She had previously translated the tale for her doctoral dissertation.Her translation is based on an annotated edition of the tale by Hiromichi Suzuki, published in 1973 by Kasama Shoin as "Torikaebaya Monogatari no Kenkyu".The choice of the translated title has been criticised as seeming to imply that the tale is magical, but Horton has referred to the translated title as "inspired".