The glory days of illustrated scrolls were from the late Heian period to the Kamakura period, while in the Muromachi period there were also lots of illustrated scrolls produced but none could be compared to the aforesaid 'best four picture scrolls.'
平安時代末期～鎌倉時代が絵巻物の全盛期で、室町時代には作品数は多いものの、前記「四大絵巻」に匹敵するような作品は生まれなかった。