The following are well known pieces of work: a piece of yokyoku (Noh song) called 'Rashomon' (羅生門) by Nobumitsu KANZE which tells the heroic story of WATANABE no Tsuna who battled against an Oni or demon (Ibarakidoji) that lived in Rajomon; the novel "Rashomon" (羅生門) by Ryunosuke AKUTAGAWA who was inspired by horror stories compiled in "Konjakumonogatarishu" (今昔物語集) (a collection of old stories from the Heian Period).
羅城門に巣くう鬼（茨木童子）と戦った渡辺綱の武勇伝を謡曲化した観世信光作「羅生門」や、『今昔物語集』に収録された羅城門の怪奇譚を小説化した芥川龍之介の『羅生門』が知られる。