In and after the Edo period, he was spotlighted in kodan storytelling and novels as a genius strategist Yukimura SANADA, who challenged his arch enemy Tokugawa with an entourage of Sanada Juyushi (ten Sanada braves), and became widely known among the public.
江戸期以降、講談や小説などで真田十勇士を従えて大敵徳川に挑む天才軍師真田幸村（さなだゆきむら）として取り上げられ、広く一般に知られることになった。