This scroll is the earliest extant example of a Japanese "picture scroll": collected illustrations and calligraphy of a single work.

The word emaki comes from the word "emakimono" meaning "picture scrolls".

The first known picture scroll was produced in Japan during the late ninth or tenth century.

"picture scroll"), came to the fore.

In 1979 the collectors erected a private museum in Ascona to house their collection of Japanese picture scrolls.

The picture scroll is possessed by Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama.

Before they'd left Myleton, they had indeed found a picture scroll for her lessons.

The record tells a story, complemented by a picture scroll.

A large number of buildings, picture scrolls, carvings, furnishings and old writings have been registered as important cultural properties.

At the same time it foreshadows that of later Japanese picture scrolls.