In "Ban Dainagon Emaki" which was completed by Mitsunaga TOKIWA in the latter half of the 12th century under the order of the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, the story of the fire of Oten-mon Gate was precisely described in the real-life touch.
後白河法皇が常磐光長に命じて12世紀後半に完成させた『伴大納言絵巻』は、応天門炎上をめぐる説話を的確な風俗表現で描いた絵巻である。