The manuscript was called 'the only book' in the world and a treasure of Horyu-ji Temple until the late Edo period; Now it is a national treasure owned by Chion-in Temple in Kyoto.
写本は江戸時代末期まで法隆寺秘蔵物で天下の“孤本”といわれ、現在京都の知恩院に所蔵されている国宝である。