The influence of 'Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike)' is seen everywhere in the book, with Emperor Godaigo's passing away in the middle corresponding to the death of TAIRA no Kiyomori, etc.; moreover, the text occasionally wanders with quotations from classic works, and many parts have been dramatized.
中盤の後醍醐天皇の死が平清盛の死に相当するなど、随所に「平家物語」からの影響が見られ、また時折本筋を脱線した古典からの引用も多く、脚色も多い。