According to Tetsuji YURA, Hokusai visited Obuse four times since the age of 83, drew this painting during his fourth stay, in which he spent about a year, and died at age 90 a year after he had completed that challenging work and returned to Edo.
由良哲次説によると、北斎は83歳のときを初めとして4たび小布施を訪れているが、本作は、4たび目の滞在時のおよそ1年を費やして描き込まれ、渾身の一作を仕上げた翌年、江戸に戻った北斎は齢90で亡くなったと考証された。