In order to thoroughly deliver the contents of the notes to the people, the notes of Kosatsu was written in easily understandable mixed writing (characters and kana) or kana sentences, differentiated from the sentence style used for describing general law in code books.
また、この民衆への周知徹底の為に高札の文面には、一般の法令では使われない簡易な仮名交じり文や仮名文が用いられた。