The gods including Shoki (plague-queller; the mythical person reputed to have the power of driving away the God of Plague), Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva), and Bishamonten punished the oni in the emakimono, and it had a connection with the belief of clearing out the devil in China.
鍾馗や牛頭天王、毘沙門天などの神々が鬼を懲らしめるもので、そこには中国における悪魔払いの信仰の影響がある。