Pictorial materials including "Ippen Shonin Eden" (Pictorial biography of the monk Ippen) and "Obusuma Saburo Ekotoba" (a picture scroll of the Kamakura period) well represent the atmosphere of the town "Horinouchi."
館、すなわち堀之内の様子を今によく伝えるのが、『一遍上人絵伝』『男衾三郎絵詞』などの絵画史料である。