He appeared in the Taiga-dorama (NHK Historical Drama) Genroku Ryoran (Genroku profusion) which dealt with the Genroku Ako Incident (Chushingura, or the Treasury of Loyal Retainers) as a disgusting fellow who bullied Kozukenosuke KIRA, hatamoto (a direct vassal of the shogun) of bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), who visited Kyoto for a negotiation to make Keishoin to be conferred to the Juichii, with Motohiro KONOE and his son Iehiro KONOE, who were Kanpaku and sadaijin.
元禄赤穂事件（忠臣蔵）を扱った大河ドラマ元禄繚乱に登場したが、この作中、鷹司は、桂昌院従一位叙任の交渉のために上洛していた幕府旗本吉良上野介を、関白・左大臣の近衛基煕・近衛家煕父子とともにいじめるという相当嫌味な公家に描かれていた。