There were "Shigisan engi emaki" (Picture Scroll of the Legends of Mount Shigi) and "Kokawadera Engiemaki" (Picture Scroll of Legends of Kokawa-dera Temple) for historical documents not embellished by later generations and these mentioned the transformation of social concentration of bushidan at peasant villages.
後の世の粉飾が入らない資料の中で、農村での武士団の社会密度の変化がうかがえるもとして、『信貴山縁起絵巻』（しぎさんえんぎえまき）と、『粉河寺縁起絵巻』（こかわでらえんぎえまき）がある。