In 1919, the picture scrolls were cut into 37 pictures (including the picture of Sumiyoshi-myojin Shrine depicted in the initial portion of the second one of the two volumes), and each picture of the 36 poets was reformed as a hanging scroll, including this portrait of KI no Tomonori.
絵巻は1919年に切断され37分割（下巻巻頭の住吉明神図含む）されて一歌仙ずつ掛軸に仕立て直されたが、その内の一点である。