Other than official documents related to administration or judicial procedures, a considerable number of documents, such as letters, commercial correspondences, records, diaries, acts and deed, licenses to pass barrier stations, religious census certificates and documents related to community life were in 'sorobun' style.
行政司法などの公式文書以外に、書状・商用文・記録・日記・証文・関所手形・宗門手形・共同生活に関わる文書にいたるまで、かなりの文献がこの「候文」様式である。