The code was seen as the most important Bakufu Law as it was created by the enactment of the shogun's direct order, and mainly consisted of codes of order and prohibition for regulating daimyo.
本法度は、将軍直令による制定・面令による幕府法で最重要視されており、大名統制のための命令・禁止の規範が大半をしめる。