In addition to the fifty-five chapters of The Tale of Genji (due to counting Wakana - Spring Shoots) I and II as well as Kumogakure (literally, vanishing behind the clouds -, the opening part consists of a volume of hottan (origins), a volume of keizu (genealogies), two volumes of toshidate (chronologies) of The Tale of Genji and a volume of hyobyaku (supplications).
源氏物語55巻（若菜(源氏物語)上下と雲隠を共に数えるため）のほか発端1巻、系図1巻、源氏物語年立2巻、表白1巻からなる首巻が含まれている。