The National Research Institute for Cultural Properties has been using the most modern techniques such as X-ray florescent analysis and high resolution digital image analysis to conduct scientific analyses of the scroll since September 2004 and has found that a very pure and high quality paint (most possibly imported from abroad) was used and that there are no outline sketches for the people and flames which means that they were drawn in one go.
2004年（平成16年）9月から東京文化財研究所が、蛍光X線分析法や高精細デジタル画像解析などの最新技術で化学的分析を行っており、顔料には純度の高い品質のよい物（おそらくは輸入品）が使用されている事や、人物や炎については下書きがなく一気に描かれたことなどが判明した。