Norimitsu's father, Michitsuna lamented that compiling history books by the government had stopped since the Rikkokushi (Japan's six national histories) as well as compilations by nobles since "Hyakuren sho" (in the Emperor Kameyama period), thus Michitsuna tried to compile the history books by himself, however, he died of illness before accomplishing his goal.
紀光の父・光綱は六国史以後、官による正史編纂が断絶しており、公家社会による編纂も『百錬抄』（亀山天皇時代）以後断絶している事を嘆き、自らの手で以後の歴史書編纂を志していたが、果たすことなく病死していた。