Gachu-ga (a pictorial work that appear within a painting as part of the overall composition) expressed in Emakimono during the Kamakura Period shows that Suiboku-ga was adopted for Shoji-e (paintings on shoji paper sliding-door or Fusuma) in the temples other than those belonging to the Zen sect.
鎌倉時代の絵巻物に表現された画中画を見ると、当時、禅宗以外の寺院の障子絵などにも水墨画が用いられていたことがわかる。