"Kanadehon chushingura"(Revenge of the Forty-Seven Ronin) of Ningyojoruri (Japanese puppet show) and Kabuki (Japanese classical drama) could not directly portray the incident of Forty-Seven Ronin, Ako Roshi that the setting was changed to the Muromachi period to portray this incident, but incorporated the story of KO no Moronao by introducing Takasada ENYA and his wife, Kaoyo Gozen (Lady Kaoyo), who wandered in streets, at the beginning of the play.
人形浄瑠璃、歌舞伎の仮名手本忠臣蔵では、赤穂浪士事件を直接描けず、舞台を室町時代に変えてこの事件を描いているが、巷間に流布した塩冶高貞とその妻顔世御前、そして高師直にまつわる物語を芝居の発端として取り入れている。