From Mogao Caves in Dunhuang City, a large number of wall paintings from the 5th to 12th century as well as Buddhist paintings drawn on banners, Buddhist paintings drawn as illustrations at the beginnings of Buddhist scriptures in Kansubon (book in scroll style) have been discovered together with Mogao literature.
敦煌市莫高窟からは、5世紀から12世紀の多数の壁画の他、幡（のぼり）に描いた仏画、経典の挿し絵として巻子本の経典の冒頭に描かれた仏画が、敦煌文献とともに発見された。