In the ryochi-mokuroku were specified the name of the provinces (as governed in accordance with the ritsuryo codes) including their counties and villages, and their kokudaka (stipend assessed in terms of rice production), granted by the Tokugawa Shogun family, thus concretely determining the range of a territory for each manorial head.
領知目録には、徳川将軍家が所領として与えた具体的な令制国郡村の名称とその石高について明記され、領主の領有する具体的な範囲が確定された。