In the Motonari MORI (Taiga-dorama (NHK Historical Drama)) there was a scene based on this theory that Takafusa wished to revive the Ouchi clan by putting Yoshitaka (義尊) as an heir but regretted the undesirable result caused by a warrior who did not know his intention.
毛利元就(NHK大河ドラマ)においてもその説にもとづき、義尊を当主として大内氏を立て直そうとしたが、それを知らぬ部将によって望まざる結果となり悔やむ描写が描かれている。