 See also Japanese name.It is unknown whether "Torikaebaya Monogatari" was written by a man or a woman, but it has been theorised that there were two versions of the tale, the first known as "Torikaebaya" or "Kō Torikaebaya", thought to have been written by a man, and the latter, known as "Ima Torikaebaya", written by a woman.