It contains almost all volumes of Genji monogatari emaki and many important pictures, centering on the ones in the early time, such as Ban Dainagon Emaki (illustrated scroll of the story of a courtier Ban Dainagon), Shigisan engi emaki, Murasakishikibu Nikki Emaki (illustrated scroll of the Lady Murasaki's Diary), Makura no Soshi Ekotoba (Picture scrolls of scenes from the pillow book of Sei Shonagon), and so on.
源氏物語絵巻のほぼ全巻および伴大納言絵巻、信貴山縁起絵巻、紫式部日記絵巻、枕草子絵詞などの古い時期のものを中心に重要な絵図を数多く収録している。