In the Kamakura period, "Shotoku Taishi denshiki" (the Private Recollections on the Life of Prince Shotoku) written by Kenshin, the priest of the Horyu-ji Temple, describes Kuratsukuri no tori as the painter of the murals.
鎌倉時代、法隆寺の僧・顕真が著した『聖徳太子伝私記』も壁画の筆者を鞍作鳥としている。