At the beginning of the book, there was a word "combine" followed by two book names "Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) sumiyoshi daiimyojin taisha jindaiki" and "Sumiyoshi akitsumikami okami kenza shinenki" (2-4) suggesting that these two books were combined into one book; however, how the content of these books were arranged to be made into one book has never been explained.
巻頭部分に「合す」の語の後に「従三位住吉大明神大社神代記」と「住吉現神大神顕座神縁記」と2種の文献の名が挙げられており（2－4）、このことから上記2種類の文献を1つにまとめたものと考えられるが、本文のどの部分がいずれの文献に属したのかは不明である。