An old children's song, saying that "devil-like Sanada, taking flower-like Hidoyori, ran away to Kagoshima" is said to have become popular in Kyoto and Osaka just after the war.
京都大坂では陣の直後あたり、「花の様なる秀頼様を、鬼の様なる真田がつれて、退きものいたよ鹿児島へ」という童歌が流行ったという。