At first the author and the publishing house did not intend to make an adaptation of all the 54 chapters of "Genji" and publish it, but the success of the series encouraged them and they published a few books every year as the following items suggest.
著者と版元に、『源氏』の全54帖を翻案・出版するつもりは、はじめはなかったが、大好評を得てその気になり、つぎの箇条書きに見るように、毎年数編が刊行された。