The story called "Imogayu" (Potato gruel) was used as the inspiration for a short story by Ryunosuke AKUTAGAWA (note however that the same story also appears in "Konjaku monogatari shu").
「芋粥」の話などは芥川龍之介の短編小説の題材にも取られている（『今昔物語集』にも同じ説話がある）。