In Heike Nyogoga Shima, which is a piece of ningyo joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater) by Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU, Kaneyasu SENOO appears as akuyaku (villain's role) in the Second-Stage titled "Shunkan" (after a priest named Shunkan).
近松門左衛門の人形浄瑠璃、平家女護島の2段目俊寛に妹尾兼康が悪役として登場している。