The subjects of these six fan paintings are two war narratives, The Tale of Hogen and The Tale of the Heiji. Originally fifteen fan paintings were attached to a single eight-fold screen; they were separated after around 1945. They lack a signature or seal, but their stylistic similarity to Painted Fans Mounted on a Screen (Museum of the Imperial Collection) suggests they are by Sotatsu or his studio. Little is known about Sotatsu except that he had a painting shop, the Tawaraya, that was highly regarded for its fan and narrative paintings, which became its brand, according to contemporary documents.