Situations around this time were described in details by "Kyubun Nihonbashi Katsukawa Hanagiku no Issho" (Old story of the life of Hanagiku KATSUKAWA of Nihonbashi) by Shigure HASEGAWA and "Nisshin Senso Ibun" (Harada Jukichi no Yume) (Another Story of the Sino-Japanese War - Jukichi HARADA's dream) by Sakutaro OGIWARA.
このころの描写は、長谷川時雨の『旧聞日本橋勝川花菊の一生』や、萩原朔太郎の『日清戦争異聞（原田重吉の夢）』等に詳しい。