Among retsuden, Volumes 4 through 6 are used for sekkanke (families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor), Volume 7 for Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan) and Volume 8 for imperial princes.
列伝のうち、巻四～六は摂関家、巻七は村上源氏、巻八は親王である。