Since expressive descriptions are somewhat similar to "Kitano Tenjin Engi" (an illustrated history of Kitano shrine) of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, it is believed that the painter was FUJIWARA no Nobuzane.
その表現に富む描写などが北野天満宮の『北野天神縁起』に似通った点もあり、藤原信実筆とつたえられる。