Among one hundred and several tens of denpon (existent books of transcription and published books) of "The Tale of the Heike," transcription and published books of the 'Kakuichi-bon Text' line as narration books for "The Tale of the Heike" assume an important role, and especially those based on Takano bon (Takano book) formally owned by Tatsuyuki TAKANO and currently by the Laboratory of Japanese, the University of Tokyo have been popularly distributed.
こんにちの『平家物語』の伝本百数十本のうち、平家物語語り本系としての「覚一本」系統の諸本は、重大な位置を占めており、そのなかでも高野辰之旧蔵の高野本（現在東京大学国語研究室所蔵）をもとにしたものが最も流布している。