It was compiled by Rangakusha (a person who studied Western sciences by means of the Dutch language) Sanbaku INAMURA, Genzui UDAGAWA, and Hosetu OKADA and others in 1796.
寛政8年（1796年）蘭学者の稲村三伯、宇田川玄随、岡田甫説らによって編纂された。