Manga artist Rumiko Takahashi included a parody of the legend of Okiku in her romantic comedy Maison Ikkoku.
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Okiku often refused his amorous advances, so he tricked her into believing that she had carelessly lost one of the family's ten precious delft plates
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The NES game Monster Party features a boss named "The haunted well", a well who attacks by throwing plates at the player, a reference to the tale.