The dictionary was compiled by a group of seven people under the order of King Shō Tei, dated no later than 1711.
[1][2][3] Konkōkenshū contains many archaic words and expressions remembered by an elder woman of the royal court that served three kings,[1][2][3] and cites works such as the Omoro Sōshi, an Old Okinawan anthology, The Tale of Genji, and The Tales of Ise, which are works written in Early Middle Japanese.
[2] There are two volumes in Konkōkenshū, a kenkan (乾巻) and a konkan (坤巻), corresponding to the hexagrams in I Ching.
The Hyōjōsho-bon (評定所本) manuscript is held at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum, and has been thought to be the original text.
A facsimile copy of the Hyōjōsho-bon edited by Hokama Shūzen was published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1970.