Incidentally, the novel "My Ambition Stretching over Thousands of Miles" (authored by Akihiko NAKAMURA), which depicts the three generations of the Maeda clan from Toshitsune to Tsunanori MAEDA, has been run in the Hokkoku newspaper since January 2007, and featured 'Ochobo' as a protagonist in the first half part of the story.
2007年1月より、北國新聞に利常～前田綱紀の前田3代を扱った小説『われに千里の思いあり』（中村彰彦作）が連載されているが、「おちょぼ」は前半の主役として登場している。