This kind of starkly human lifestyle, without concern for rules or formality, gained him sympathy from the masses, and in the Edo Period became the basis for collections of witty stories such as "Ikkyuu's Sayings".
この戒律や形式にとらわれない人間臭い生き方は民衆の共感を呼び、江戸時代に彼をモデルとして一休咄に代表される頓知咄（とんちばなし）を生み出す元となった。