As evidenced by the record; Buddhist statues and paintings; 193 statues of joroku-zo and half joroku-zo, 3150 statues of full-size statues, and more than 5470 Buddhist paintings had been created at the wish of the Cloistered Emperor Shirakawa when he passed away in 1129, many Buddhist paintings were created during the Insei period.
大治(日本)4年（1129年）に白河法皇が没したとき、院の発願で制作された仏像仏画の数は、丈六像・半丈六像合わせて193体、等身像3,150体、仏画5,470余におよんだとの記録があるように、院政期は仏教絵画も多数描かれた時代であった。