It's not an exaggeration to say that, since the early 1990s, he has been considered an 'eccentric person' and that his popularity and image as a historical figure come mainly from the pieces of work mentioned above.
平成以降における「傾奇者」という言葉とこの歴史上の人物の知名度・イメージについては、これら作品群の存在が過半を担っているといっても過言ではない程である。