It has been handed down that the former one was a portrait dedicated for use in the memorial services for Shingen, in which Harunobu was portrayed as an adolescent donning samurai eboshi (lacquered hat) and hitatare (a kind of court dress in old days), which were the formal wear of Samurai.
前者は信玄の供養のため奉納されたと伝わる肖像画で、青年期の晴信が侍烏帽子に直垂という武家の正装姿で描かれている。