Osaka no seki is also known as an utamakura (a word, usually a well-known place, used in classical Japanese poetry to allow poets to express ideas concisely), and features in two poems in Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets).
逢坂関は歌枕としても知られ、百人一首でも二つの歌で詠まれている。