A young widow appears instead of a girl in 'The Bad Woman in Muro-gun County, Kii Province,' the 129th section of the second volume of "Dainihonkoku Hokke Genki" and 'A Tale of Saving a Snake by the Lotus Sutra Chanted by the Priest in Dojo-ji Temple in Kii Province,' the third section of the 14th volume of "Konjaku Monogatari shu."
『大日本国法華験記』巻下第百二十九「紀伊国牟婁郡悪女」、『今昔物語集』巻第十四第三「紀伊ノ国道成寺ノ僧写法華救蛇語」では、少女の代わりに若い寡婦が登場する。