The theory of Honji-suijaku affected art and architecture, giving birth to Honchi-suijaku zuga (pictures) and Gongen-zukuri (buildings), and during the middle and end of the Kamakura era it affected literature as well, resulting in a series of works called Honchimono.
この本地垂迹説により、権現造りや本地垂迹の図画なども生まれ、鎌倉中末期には文学でも本地物（ほんじもの）と呼ばれる作品が創作された。