It contains illustrations from Utagawa Kuninao and Kitao Shigemasa (credited as Kitagawa Yoshimaru).
Shikitei notes that his inspiration to base the story at a public bath was due to Santō Kyōden's Kengu Irigomi Sentō Shinwa (賢愚湊銭湯新話) (1802) and a rakugo performance by Sanshōtei Karaku.
The Kansai woman notes that Tōkyō speakers de-labialize [kwa] to [ka].
[1] In addition, Tōkyō speakers have a tendency to confuse [ç] and [ɕ].
[2] In addition, Shikitei creates an orthography which he calls "white voicing" to distinguish medial [ɡ] from [ŋ].