The background is that this was painted at the time part of the city was being reconstructed after the Onin War when the Gion-e (Gion Festival) was stopped and the festival was later resumed in 1500.
この時期に描かれた背景として、応仁の乱で中断していた祇園会が1500年に復活したこと（都市復興）との関連性も考えられる。