In the period drama "Mito Komon", which depicts Mitukuni TOKUGAWA's journey through various districts in the nation on the basis of the fact that the head of Mito-Tokugawa family, one of the gosanke, was called "the world famous vice-shogun" although it was common saying, he was portrayed as "world famous vice shogun" and "former vice shogun" (because he resigned his post and was retired).
俗説とはいえ御三家の一つ水戸徳川家の当主が「天下の副将軍」などと称されたことを元に、徳川光圀の諸国漫遊の旅を描いた時代劇「水戸黄門」では光圀を「天下の副将軍」「前の副将軍」（水戸藩主の地位を譲って隠居の身であるので）として描いている。