It was widely circulated after Motokazu HIGASHIZONO showed it as a reference when the "Ruiju Zatsuyoho" (a book on court lore from the end of Heian period) was pictorialized on the orders of the Ichijo family during the Genroku era.
元禄年間に一条家の命で『類聚雑要抄』（平安末期の故実書）を絵画化した際に、参考資料として東園基量が提示したことから流布した。