Konjaku Monogatarishū
A cryptic line in Akutagawa's classic short story "Rashōmon" says 「旧記の記者の語を借りれば、『頭身の毛も太る』ように感じたのである。」 ("To borrow a phrase from the writers of the chronicles of old, he felt as if 'even the hairs on his head and body had grown thick'.") This is a reference to a line from the "Konjaku Monogatarishū", the last part figuratively meaning that "he was scared; he felt as if his hair was standing on end".