In October 1842, he started writing after collecting resources and, one and a half years later on June 16, 1844, finished writing the book under the name of the Jigekaden (A record of family trees of Jige, lower rank court officials), which covered the names of successive family heads and their parents, their dates of birth and death, and the investiture history of lower rank court officials in Kyoto.
資料を収集して天保13年9月（1842年10月）に執筆を開始し、1年半後の天保15年5月1日(旧暦)（1844年6月16日）に、京都の地下諸家の歴代当主の名前、父母の名、生没年月日、叙位任官の履歴等を網羅した「地下家伝」を完成させた。