It covered 145 years for the 13 generations from 1025 to the reign of Emperor Takakura in 1170, and it was also called "Shoku Yotsugi" (a sequel to the Tale of Yotsugi).
万寿2年から高倉天皇の嘉応2年までの13代145年間を扱い、『続世継』ともよばれた。