"Bakemono Oeyama" (written by Harumachi KOIKAWA), the collector's item kibyoshi (an illustrated book of popular fiction having a yellow cover) from the Anei era is a story comparing a feud between soba and udon and the extermination of Shuten Doji (the leader of a group of bandits in the Kyoto area).
蕎麦とうどんの抗争を酒呑童子退治になぞらえた安永期の珍品黄表紙『化物大江山』（恋川春町作）がある。