In the novel "Genkaku-sanbo" (Genkaku's House) written by Ryunosuke AKUTAGAWA, a leading character, Genkaku, who is in bed suffering lung tuberculosis, dreams of his own death by hanging himself by his fundoshi loincloth.
芥川龍之介『玄鶴山房』では、肺結核の床に就いている主人公・玄鶴が、褌で縊れ死ぬことを夢想する。