"Torikaebaya Monogatari" has many allusions to "The Tale of Genji" and "Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari", so much so that Gatten suggests its genre should be considered something like the "honkadori" in a "waka", where an older poem is alluded to in a poem.The character of the daughter is focused on in the story much more so than the character of the son, and her characterisation is considered an argument for a female author of "Torikaebaya".