These are the hereditary documents of the Kawashima family, an old family in Kawashima of Nishikyo-ku Ward, Kyoto City, and among them, a set containing 2,459 items is designated as Important Cultural Property.
京都市西京区川島の旧家・革嶋家に伝来した文書類で、2,459通が重要文化財に指定されている。