"Genji Monogatari Emaki" (Illustrated handscrolls of the Tale of Genji) was the oldest scroll depicting a story in Japan, in the style of peculiar and elegant tsukuri-e (pictures created by careful executed three step paintings), painted by FUJIWARA no Takayoshi 100 years after "Genji Monogatari" was written.
『源氏物語』が書かれてから凡そ100年のちの藤原隆能（ふじわらのたかよし）の描いた『源氏物語絵巻』は、濃い色彩を塗り重ねていく、つくり絵の独特の優美な日本最古の絵巻物語である。