Together with "Nihon kaika shoshi" (Brief History of Japanese Enlightenment) by Ukichi (Teiken) TAGUCHI published in 1877, it is regarded as one of the greatest historical works by amateur historians in the early Meiji period.
明治10年刊行の田口卯吉（鼎軒）『日本開化小史』とともに、明治初期の在野史学における代表的史書と評される。