Emperor Goshirakawa is thought to have commissioned this scroll and the "Nenchugyoji Emaki" (picture scroll dipicting annual events and celebrations) to Mitsunaga TOKIWA 300 years after the Otenmon Incident.
応天門の変のおよそ300年後、後白河天皇が『年中行事絵巻』とともに常磐光長に描かせたと推定される。