Nobutada is well known for the anecdote of 'How FUJIWARA no Nobutada, Governor of Shinano, Took a Tumble at Misaka, Section 38,' which is included in the Konjaku Monogatari-Shu, Volume 28.
陳忠の名は、『今昔物語集』巻28「信濃守藤原陳忠落入御坂語第三十八」の逸話で広く知られている。