In cheap fiction of later years, such as the"Hitomaro Himitsu-sho", there are some distorted interpretations such as that he was Jito's lover, perhaps to suit the style of a novel.
後世の俗書（『人丸秘密抄』など）では、持統の愛人であったとみるような曲解もあらわれてくるが、これはもとより小説である。