In his novel "Gokuchu Seikatsu" (literally, "Life in prison"), Toshihiko SAKAI wrote his sentiments about the government-furnished fundoshi loincloth supplied to him when he went to Sugamo Kangoku (later renamed as Sugamo Prison and to Sugamo Kochisho).
堺利彦の『獄中生活(文学)』では、堺が巣鴨監獄（のちの巣鴨プリズン、巣鴨拘置所）に入獄したおりの官給の褌の感想がある。