In the picture record of "Heike-nokyo" (collective term of Buddhist scriptures in dedicated by the Taira family" which was dedicated by TAIRA no Kiyomori with statements in Itsukushima-jinja Shrine in 1164, Akari-shoji was drawn in the hermitage of a priest.
平清盛が願文を添えて長寛二年（1164年）厳島神社に奉納した『平家納経』図録には、僧侶の庵室に明かり障子が描がれている。