Honchotsugan was edited as a historiography project by the Edo Shogunate, with father and son of the Hayashi family, Razan HAYASHI and Gaho (Shunsai) HAYASHI, as main editors.
江戸幕府の修史事業として編纂が行われ、林家の林羅山、林鵞峯（春斎）父子を中心に編纂された。