"Nihon genho zenaku ryoiki" (set of three books of Buddhist stories) written in the Heian period vividly depicts the condition of the people living in the urban areas who became money-mad due to Suiko or were suffering from repayment.
平安時代に書かれた日本現報善悪霊異記に、出挙によって金銭亡者となったり返済に苦悩したりする都市住民の様子がまざまざと描かれている。