However, it is known to have spread among the people through creative rakugo "Shinigami (rakugo)" (Death (rakugo)) by Encho SANYUTEI during the Meiji period, which was composed using the translated book of either "Godfather Death" in the fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or the Italian opera (musical) "Crispino".
しかし、三遊亭円朝が明治時代にグリム童話の『死神』か、イタリアのオペラ（歌劇）の『靴直クリピスノ』の翻訳本を参考にした創作落語の『死神(落語)』で、巷に広まったことが知られている。