A similar cat with the gotoku placed on the head is depicted in "Hyakki Yagyo Emaki" (The 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' Picture Scroll), a collection of yokai illustrations drawn by Mitsunobu TOSA in the Muromachi period.
土佐光信による室町時代の妖怪画『百鬼夜行絵巻』にも同様に五徳を頭に乗せた猫の姿がある。