Among the various styles of portrait composition known, it was most common to show people of noble birth seated on tatami mats with dyed rims, their figures hidden behind beautiful screens.
絵柄は数種の構図が知られており、高貴な身分を示す繧繝縁の畳に伏し美麗な几帳の陰に姿を隠したものが最も一般的である。