Tsutomu MINAKAMI also took interest in this incident and wrote the "Kinkaku Enjo" (Burning of the Kinkaku) and the "Gobancho Yugiriro" (District Five, Manor of Mists) (Shincho Bunko and other publishers).
水上勉も同事件を取り上げ、『金閣炎上』、『五番町夕霧楼』を出している（各新潮文庫ほか）。