Go NAGAI studied early versions of the legend and the characters and events that Shuten Doji was based on and put together the results in the book, "Yami no Utage Shuten Doji Ibun," literally "A Banquet in the Dark: Strange Stories of Shuten Doji."
また、永井豪は酒呑童子伝説の原型、酒呑童子のモデルとなった人物、事件の考証を行っており、『闇の宴酒天童子異聞』として発表している。