Along with Ochikubo Monogatari, it is representative of Japanese Cinderella-type literature dealing with stepmother bullying and harassment.
[1] It was translated into English by Sir Harold George Parlett in volume 29 of Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan.
[1] In addition, many later stories, generally of the Otogizōshi genre, dealing with similar motifs are referred to as Sumiyoshi-style.
[3] It tells the story of a Middle Chancellor's daughter who runs away from home to escape the bullying from her stepmother.
They marry, Himegimi reveals herself to her family, and the stepmother and her envious daughters end their lives in poverty and disgrace.