It includes anecdotes in China, Korea, India and Ryukyu (present Okinawa) after Tenpyo era in Japan, story of Sango in Honnoji Incident and many games of Go, such as Nichiren against his disciple, Nichiro, Singen TAKEDA against Masanobu NOSAKA and Masayuki SANADA against Nobuyuki SANADA (parent and child), which are introduced with Kifu (record of a game of Go, shogi, chess, etc.).
日本の天平以後、中国、朝鮮、天竺、琉球などの逸話があり、本能寺の変における三劫の話、日蓮と弟子の日朗の対局、武田信玄と高坂昌信の対局、真田昌幸・真田信幸親子の対局などが棋譜とともに紹介されている。