Several studies on later Wittgenstein's notion of picture have recently emerged in Japanese literature. Here, I critically examine three of them: Ohtani (2020), Furuta (2020), and Noya (2022). My contentions are twofold. First, the disagreement between these studies lies in the fact that Noya supposes a common core shared by Tractatus's notion of picture and that of Philosophical Investigations, while Ohtani and Furuta deny this core. Second, Furuta and Noya fail to provide a conception of picture that contributes to the understanding of Wittgenstein's text, while Ohtani alone proposes an illuminating notion.