These portraits of the 30 founders of Zen Buddhism beginning with Bodhidharma were painted by Unkoku Togan, a painter in the service of the Mori family to whom Sesshu belonged.
禅宗の祖である達磨から歴代30人の祖師像で、雪舟の流れをくむ毛利家の御用絵師・雲谷等顔(うんこくとうがん)により描かれた。