In the past, it had been thought that this picture was ordered to be painted by Nobunaga to Eitoku, today, the widely accepted assertion is that one who ordered the folding screen is thought to be Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, and the picture was completed in October 1565 after the death of Yoshiteru, and Nobunaga obtained it later and gave it away to Kenshin UESUGI in 1574.
従来は、信長が永徳に命じて描かせたものと考えられていたが、現在は屏風の注文主を足利義輝とし、義輝死後の1565年（永禄8年）9月に完成、その後信長が入手し、1574年に上杉謙信に贈ったものとする解釈が有力である。