Heihachiro KOBAYASHI and Ichigaku SHIMIZU often appears in plays which show Heihachiro KOBAYASHI sacrificing himself by fighting for Kira and Ichigaku SHIMIZU with two swords in his hands tormenting Ako Roshi greatly on the bridge over a pond in the yard, as well as battling a mass fight with the most skilled swordsman among Ako Roshi, Yasube HORIBE.
小林平八郎と清水一学は吉良家臣として劇作などに取り上げられ、上野介の身代わりとなって奮戦する小林平八郎の姿や、泉水にかけられた橋の上で二刀を構えた清水一学が赤穂浪士を大いに苦しめ、赤穂浪士第一の剣客堀部安兵衛と大立ち回りを演じる場面が描かれている。