The incident and the detailed sequence of events are skillfully depicted by Hogai KANO in a painted scroll, "The Sakurada Incident Emaki" (owned by the Hikone Castle Museum).
一連の事件の経過と克明な様子は、伝狩野芳崖作『桜田事変絵巻』（彦根城博物館蔵）に鮮やかに描かれている。