Among seven volumes of the Tachibana book, the first five volumes, from 'Memorandum' to 'Daisu' (a stand for utensils used in the tea ceremony), were copied in 1687 from the treasured volumes kept by the House of Sen (based on Okugaki (postscript) of Nanboroku) or 'the person who has the five volumes of a book of Rikyu's secret teachings for Tea Ceremony' (based on cho (official documents) of Kirobengi (The Tea Book of Jitsuzan Tachibana)); the other two volumes, 'Sumibiki' (Cross out) and 'Metsugo' (After Rikyu's Death), were copied in 1690 from the book owned by 'Sosetsu NAYA, a blood relation of Sokei' in Sakai.
全7巻の内、「覚書」から「台子」までの5巻は、貞享3年（1687年）に千家（南方録・奥書）あるいは「利休秘伝茶湯書五巻所持の人」（岐路弁疑・牒）が秘蔵していたものを書写、その後元禄3年に堺の「宗啓肉族、納屋宗雪」所持の2巻「墨引」「滅後」を書写したという。