In addition, there is no direct relationship between Suiboku-ga and the dharma of the Zen sect, and it seems that Suiboku-ga was accepted as a new foreign culture as well as the Zen sect style architecture.
なお、水墨画と禅宗の教義とには直接の関係はなく、水墨画は禅宗様の建築様式などと同様、外来の新しい文化として受容されたものと思われる。