Mizukami gathered information and material from various quarters about this case for the nonfiction novel 'Kinkakuji enjo' (Flare of Kinkaku) in which details of the case and criminal's life, including his background as a son of a Zen temple in Naryu, a poor village in Wakasa, how the case occurred, and how the criminal died, were described.
水上はこの事件を題材に各方面に取材を重ね、ノンフィクション「金閣炎上」を書き、若狭の寒村・成生の禅寺の子として生まれた犯人の生い立ちから事件の経緯、犯人の死まで事件の全貌を詳細に描き出している。