| The practice of a Zen monk giving his portrait (or called Chinzo) with gasan to his disciple after he had completed ascetic training was introduced together with the Zen sect after the Kamakura period. |
禅僧が修行を終えた弟子に自分の肖像画（頂相）に画讃をいれて、弟子に与える習慣が、鎌倉時代以降、禅宗とともに導入された。 |