This book is thought to have gained its title, literally means 'Personal Excerpts,' due to the fact that it is a collection of excerpts of noh related texts of the author of which, as the first half of this is a sakushazuke and the second half is composed of miscellaneous excerpts of noh texts.
その内容は前半が作者付、後半が雑多な伝書の抄録となっており、「自家の伝書の抄」であることからこの題が付けられたと思われる。