During the mid-Edo period, Yoshikado appeared as a specter or demon in a piece of ningyo joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater) by Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU, kabuki (traditional performing art), and stage dramas; he was depicted as a figure that was killed by MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu.
江戸中期に入ると、良門の存在は妖怪あるいは悪鬼として近松門左衛門の人形浄瑠璃や歌舞伎、舞台劇などに登場し、源頼光によって退治された姿として描かれている。