In contrast to the prevailing view, in the taiga drama series of NHK for 2007 "Furin Kazan (NHK taiga drama)" (originally written by Yasushi INOUE), Sanjo no kata's image was changed to a pretty and fragile little girl, in a significant departure from the original.
これを受けて、2007年NHK大河ドラマの『風林火山(NHK大河ドラマ)』（井上靖原作）では、原作とは違い、可憐で繊細な少女というイメージに転換。