As a visual reporting medium and as a medium of gossip journalism, nishiki-e-shinbun had something common to it and photography weekly magazines and wide-shows on TV in the later days.
視覚的報道メディアとして、またゴシップ・ジャーナリズムの媒体として、のちの写真週刊誌やテレビのワイドショーにも通ずるものがある。