Japanese-resident Chinese Go player Wu Qingyuan (" Go Seigen "in Japanese) provided public commentary on the contest, while literary giant Kawabata Yasunari wrote his impressions of the match and later immortalized it in his novel The Master of Go.
這場具有歷史意義的棋賽，是由我國旅日棋士吳清源擔任解說、日本文豪川端康成執筆觀戰記，川端日後更以此為素材，寫成小說《名人》。