The Hon-keizu is a very simple family tree featuring Amenohoakari, the founder (deity) of the family, and only subsequent family heads and their direct descendants until Deno the 32nd, with its contents being roughly divided into the following three parts.
始祖彦火明命から第32世の田雄まで、各世1名の直系子孫のみを記したきわめて簡略なもので、内容的には次の3部からなる。