It was also called Meiyurinmo-bon because the chapters of Kiritsubo (The Paulownia Court), Hahakigi, Hana no En (The Festival of the Cherry Blossoms), Wakana (new herbs) I and II, Hashihime (The Maiden of the Bridge), and Ukifune (A Drifting Boat) were faithfully copied from the manuscript by Teika, and even the order of the letters were the same.
桐壺、帚木、花宴、若菜上下、橋姫、浮舟については定家の自筆本を文字の配列に至るまですべてそのまま写したとされていることから明融臨模本とも呼ばれる。