In the portrait owned by Chuson-ji Temple, which is often used in the publications, he appears with his vassal monk soldier Benkei in a scene of "Gikeiki," in which he is attacked by FUJIWARA no Yasuhira, however, it is said to be painted later during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) (in Japan) or the Edo period, and it is not his real portrait made in life.
書籍などでよく掲載されている中尊寺所蔵の義経画像は弁慶と対になっており、『義経記』で藤原泰衡に襲撃される場面を描いたものであるが、これは戦国時代(日本)、もしくは江戸時代の作とされ、本人の実際の姿を描いたものではない。