Over all, it was written based on the idea of Mitogaku based on Shushigaku which considered that retainers should revere the emperor, and the book greatly influenced thought during the end of the Edo period.
全体的に朱子学に基づいた水戸学＝大義名分論とする尊皇論で貫かれており、幕末の思想に大きな影響を与えた。