 It is thought that the current version of the Torikaebaya is somewhere between the older and newer versions of the tale known by the author of "Mumyōzōshi".Meiji scholars thought that the tale was too degenerate to have possibly been written by a woman, but it has been pointed out that other tales "with a similar focus on the physical" are known to have been written by women.In the case of the earlier version of the tale, this may have been a case of a man imitating the writing conventions of female authors.