The text first written is considered the text of the Aobyoshi-bon line manuscript, which preserved the text written by FUJIWARA no Teika relatively well (although it partly includes different sentences made by Teika, too), while it is considered that most of the notes made by the posterity are based on the Kawachi-bon line manuscripts (however, it also contains some corrections in accordance with the manuscript in Teika's own hand).
当初書かれた本文が比較的藤原定家の本文をよく保存しているよい青表紙本系統の本文であると考えられる（但し一部に独自の異文も見られる。）のに対して後の書き込みの多くが河内本系統の本文によるものであると見られている（但し中には定家の自筆本に合わせた訂正も見られる。）。