The theme of a ruined man of the warrior class was taken up by many literary works of the Meiji period such as "Shimoyonokane Juji no Tsujiura"(Frosty Night Bell and 10 O'clock Fortune-Teller at the Corner) by the same Mokuami and "Unagi-ya" (eel restaurant) which is a rakugo (comic story telling).
この没落士族のテーマは、同じ黙阿弥の『霜夜鐘十時辻占』、落語の『鰻屋(落語)』や明治期の文学作品に多く取り上げられている。