While praising Yoshiie's bravery, the diary also describes the viciousness and vindictiveness of samurai by depicting scenes such as Tsunekiyo's execution in which he was deliberately beheaded using a blunt sword in order to make him suffer.
また、義家の武勇を讃嘆する一方で、経清の処刑をわざわざ切れ味の悪い刀で、苦しめながら首を落とした、などとえがくなど、一方で武士の凶暴さ、執念深さについても筆をふるっている。