In particular, a significant number of rinji was issued during a period from the Kenmu era when Emperor Godaigo who abolished Insei (rule by the retired Emperor) specified rinji as a document replacing inzen (a decree from the retired Emperor) to the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), and many of them were important as historical data.
特に院政を廃止した後醍醐天皇が綸旨を院宣に替わる文書と位置づけた建武(日本)年間から南北朝時代(日本)にかけて著しい量の綸旨が出され、史料としても重要なものが多い。