Urin-in Temple was the setting for 'Konjaku Monogatarishu' (Anthology of Tales from the Past) and 'Okagami' (The Great Mirror), as well as being a famed place in a number of the poems featured in 'Kokin Wakashu' (Anthology of Ancient and Moden Waka Poetry).
雲林院は、「今昔物語集」、「大鏡」の舞台となり、また「古今和歌集」以下の歌集で歌の名所であった。