Although this document has such a complicated compilation process that some articles in written copies are somewhat incorrect, this is still the only trustworthy collection of ukiyo-e artist biographies, and this book is regarded as a jumping-off point of ukiyo-e research.
成立経過が錯綜しており、写本の中には記事が混乱しているものもあるが、唯一の信頼すべき浮世絵師伝集で、浮世絵研究の出発点をなす。