It is said that Suenaga TAKESAKI, a "gokenin" (vassal of the shogun) in Higo Province, ordered to make the picture scrolls to describe his distinguished service in Mongol invasion attempts against Japan in the later Kamakura period.
鎌倉時代後期の作で、肥後国の御家人竹崎季長が元寇における自分の戦功を描かせたものとされている。