It originated from the fact, in August 1742, Norisato MATSUDAIRA ordered Ometsuke (chief inspector of the Tokugawa shogunate), Metsuke (inspector of foot soldiers), and Omote-yuhitsu kumigashira (chief of the external secretariat) to submit excerpts of ofuregaki (laws and regulations) since the foundation of the Edo bakufu to Hyojosho Osadamegaki Goyogakari (the office actually editing Kujigata-osadamegaki [the law of Edo bakufu]).
寛保2年（1742年）7月に老中松平乗邑が、大目付・目付・表右筆組頭に対して江戸幕府創設以来の御触書の書抜の評定所御定書御用掛（公事方御定書の編纂実務機関）への提出を求めたことに由来する。