In Kafu NAGAI's famed novel 'Bokuto Kidan' (A Strange Tale from East of the River) which depicts the life and manners of Japanese people in the early Showa period, he described how a prostitute of Tamanoi ate cold rice in a wooden container and an aluminum pot of cooked sweet potatoes with soy sauce; she ate chazuke together with the potatoes warmed on hibachi (a brazier) and heaped takuan (pickled radish).
昭和初期の風俗を描いた永井荷風の名作「濹東綺譚」においては、玉の井の私娼が、配達されたお櫃入りの冷や飯とアルミ鍋に盛られた薩摩芋の煮付けを食べるにあたり、火鉢に掛けたアルミ鍋の薩摩芋、山盛りの沢庵とともに、茶漬けをさらさら掻きこむ描写が描かれている。