This ganbun was written when Imperial Princess Ito, the 8th daughter of Emperor Kammu, presented approximately 16 cho (cho = 0.99 hectares) of rice field, 1 vegetable field, and a manor as payment for light and the recitation of sutra to Toinseido of Yamashina-dera Temple, as requested in the will of her mother, FUJIWARA no Heishi, on November 10, 833 by the old calendar.
桓武天皇の第8皇女伊都内親王が、生母藤原平子の遺言により、天長10年（833年）9月21日、山階寺東院西堂に香灯読経料として、墾田十六町余、荘一処、畠一丁を寄進されたときの願文である。