After becoming a priest, Jocho made detailed chronicle lists of the main events of his father Shigesumi as well as that of his grandfather Jinemon Seimei NAKANO, and he also continued recording his personal details in his chronological list of the main events until two weeks before his death.
出家後の常朝は父重澄や祖父中野神右衛門清明のそれぞれの詳細な年譜を作製し、自分自身の詳しい年譜をも死の2週前まで書きつづけていた。