A novel written by Ryotaro SHIBA, "Saka no Ue no Kumo" (Clouds over the slope), touches on the story of the subsequent friendship of Shiki and AKIYAMA, while the continuing story of the MASAOKA family after Shiki's death is written about in the novel "Hitobito no Ashioto."
またその後の子規と秋山の交遊を司馬遼太郎が描いたのが小説『坂の上の雲』で、子規没後の正岡家が描かれる後日談的な作品に『ひとびとの跫音』がある。