Apart from "Kanadehon Chushingura" (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), plays so called `Gishi gaiden' (The biography and story about the person except Ako Roshi) that includes "Matsu-ura no taiko," "Chushin Renri no Hachiue" (uekiya, gardener), 赤垣源蔵徳利の別れ,""Hato no Heiemon," "Yasaku no Kamabara," and "Honzo Simoyashiki,"are the plays of Kabuki dealing with the raid of Ako Roshi.
赤穂浪士の討ち入りを題材とした歌舞伎の演目には、『仮名手本忠臣蔵』のほかにもいわゆる「義士外伝」としてこの『松浦の太鼓』をはじめ、『忠臣連理の鉢植』（植木屋）、『赤垣源蔵徳利の別れ』、『鳩の平右衛門』、『弥作の鎌腹』、『本蔵下屋敷』などがある。