It is not known when or by whom Kanbun-inchi-shu was compiled, and there exist a number of manuscripts and alternative versions of this literature, which work as the basic documents showing how the Edo bakufu administered the nation in those days.
これは作成年代・編者は不明であるが、江戸幕府の全国統治の基本資料として、多くの写本・異本が作成されている。