For example, in the case of kenjutsu of Tennenrishin-ryu school, first Kirigami was issued, and then Mokuroku, Chu-gokui, Menkyo, and Shinan-menkyo were issued in order, and at every grade the densho was given in which the catalog of the forms, the secret methods of the style, the origin of the style and so on were written.
例として、天然理心流の剣術では、まず切紙、次いで目録、中極意、免許、指南免許という順番であり、各段階で形の目録や流儀の秘訣、流儀の由来などが書かれた伝書が与えられた。