Kasuga Gongen Genki E (Legends of Kasuga Shrine)

The reason this scroll was created is clear by the catalogue attached, starting that it was planned by Saionji Kinhira, member of the Fujiwara clan, to express gratitude towards the prosperity of the Fujiwara family and prayers for future prosperity, and that the words were written by the former Kampaku (Imperial regent) Takatsukasa Mototada and his son, and the painting was by Takashina Takakane, chief painter of the Court. The exquisite depiction done by orthodox Yamatoe technique is outstanding, and it is one of the foremost works among our cultural heritage for its value as material showing the customs of the time and as a completely existing pictorial scroll made of fragile silk. It was originally a treasure pased down in the Kasuga Taisha Shrine, but was lost in the end of the Edo period, and eventually collected by Takatsukasa Masahiro, and presented to the Court from the Takatsukasa family. （「Passing Art works to the Future」2013）

— Museum description: The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.