In the noh play, it is sung, 'tsutsuizutsu izutsunikakeshi marogatake oinikerashina imomizarumani (tsutsuizutsu, I used to compare my height to the bamboo fence around the well, I grew taller while I did not see you).'
能では「筒井筒　井筒にかけし　まろがたけ　生(お)ひにけらしな　妹見ざる間に」と謡われる。