[1] The album showcases Kuni Kawachi's progressive rock influences, as well as the growing heavy metal sound that the Flower Travellin' Band were honing.

[2] Although usually co-credited to the Flower Travellin' Band on bootlegs, only vocalist Joe Yamanaka and guitarist Hideki Ishima took part in the album.

[6] This bootleg also included "Map", as previously released by Flower Travellin' Band, instead of the original song "Works Composed Mainly by Humans".

Musician and author Julian Cope included Kirikyogen at number 25 on his list of the top 50 albums of Japanese rock, as found in his 2007 book Japrocksampler.

"[7] Hernan M. Campbell of Sputnikmusic wrote that with this album the Flower Travellin' Band began "cultivating a heavily dissonant guitar style that emphasized on a low-tuned sound and slower tempos, thus giving their music a more menacing characteristic."