For the imperial edict upon enthronement available at present, there exist only a part of the edicts of Emperor Monmu and his successive emperors in the later time, archived in "Shoku-Nihongi" (Chronicles of Japan II), and except for some cases, they are written in Senmyo (imperial edict) texts.
今日我々が読むことができる即位詔は『続日本紀』が採録した文武天皇以降のものの一部で、一部例外を除き宣命体という独特の文体で記されている。