Ittan-momen was not illustrated in classical picture scrolls of ghosts and other works, so it was relatively an unknown ghost in the past, but after Shigeru MIZUKI picked it up in his comic book of "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro," it suddenly became well known.
古典の妖怪絵巻などには描かれていないために、かつては比較的無名な妖怪だったが、水木しげるの漫画『ゲゲゲの鬼太郎』に登場してから一躍、名が知られることとなった。