In medieval times, Taka-gari started to be practiced among warriors and we can see how it was done in the Kamakura Period from descriptions on the Ippenshonin-eden picture scroll, Rokudo-e (painting of the six realms) of Shoju-raigo-ji Temple, Azuma-kagami (history book) and Soga-monogatari military epic.
中世には武家の間でも行われ始め、一遍上人絵伝や聖衆来迎寺六道絵の描写や吾妻鏡・曾我物語の記述に鎌倉時代の有様をうかがうことができる。