The word 'emaki' is used in two ways; one is to attach the word at the end of the name of its corresponding mother work, like "Genji Monogatari Emaki" and "Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki" (illustrated scroll of the Lady Murasaki's Diary), and another way is to regard the term of 'emaki' or 'emakimono' as a concept to collectively refer to the pictures painted in kansu (a handscroll or horizontal scroll) style.
「絵巻」という語には、『源氏物語絵巻』『紫式部日記絵巻』のように、作品名に「○○絵巻」と付けて巻子装の作品であることを表す用法と、巻子形式の絵画を総称した概念として「絵巻」ないし「絵巻物」と呼ぶ場合とがある。