However, the words of 'emaki' and 'emakimono' came to be used only after the modern age, and according to records written before the medieval period, they were simply expressed with the ending of 'XX-e' (literally, XX's picture).
ただし、これらの「絵巻」「絵巻物」の語は、近世になって使われだしたもので、中世以前の記録では単に「○○絵」と呼ばれている。