Yukio MISHIMA, who was a close friend of Sachiko's younger brother Yoshiyasu TOKUGAWA, wrote a short novel "Gyokukokushun" based on his one-sided love of Shoko and published it in "Hojinkai-zasshi" No. 186.
祥子の弟徳川義恭の親友だった三島由紀夫は17歳の頃、祥子に片思いしていた経験に基づいて短篇小説『玉刻春』を書き、『輔仁会雑誌』168号に発表したことがある。