The has also been a source of inspiration for various artists, first and foremost those who took up the theme of the rebellion on a screen or fan, including and . In paintings of a major military subject in Japan, many depictions of battle are unsurprisingly inspired by the work. So, for example, the of the period depicts very similar arrangements of groups of warriors and postures of the characters. Additionally, studies indicate that the painter was inspired, among other things, by the in creating the paintings of the Battle of in his (17th century) (according to Karen Gerhart, the goal was symbolically to associate the Tokugawa shogunate with the clan, the first shoguns of Japan). Similar comments apply to in relation to the . Indeed, the fourth or Battle of scroll was the most imitated and popular in Japanese painting, so much so that in the period it became a classic motif of battle paintings.