musical is based on a fairy tale The Mermaid and the Red Candles by Mimei Ogawa 小川未明 and is written by Yoshiyuki Fukuda 福田善之 (script and lyricist), Shuri Taniguchi...

fourth book of the Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei's edition. Aoki Kazuo (青木和夫), Inaoka Koji (稲岡耕二), Sasayama Haruo (笹山晴生) and Shirafuji Noriyuki (白藤禮幸)...