Fudo Myoo is depicted in the center of the painting with his two boy attendants Seitaka and Kongara (who are kenzoku, or emissaries) on either side and the 48 messengers arranged to the right and left. The honorific names of each of the 48 messengers can be identified based on their shapes, skin colors and belongings, and they are drawn in order.

It is believed that the painting was created in the middle of Southern and Northern Courts Period (1336-1392) based on the delicate coloring of the hair, patterns of the clothes, gold paint on the ornaments and the brushwork.

A work possessed by Hokoji Temple in Okayama was created around the same time, and the design is exactly the same except for the gold paint on a baby bird on the iwaza (base for Buddhist images made of rock). Fudo Myoo paintings depicting the 48 messengers are so rare that only these two remain in Japan.

The painting in Shipporyuji Temple was designated as a Tangible Cultural Property by Izumisano City in 1993, and it was also designated as a Tangible Cultural Property by Osaka Prefecture in 2012 due to its importance.