The details of the Jiko-ji bon are philosophically different from the popular edition of Jokyuki, and after the preface based on Buddha's teachings, it tells about disturbances which had taken place since the reign of Emperor Jinmu, and then the Jokyu Disturbance is told.
承久記の流布本とは内容、思想的な違いが見え、序文で仏説に基づき、日本における神武天皇以来のそれまでの国王兵乱について述べてから承久の乱への記述を始める。