Although it is related to the following 'Relationship to the Historical Facts,' there is a conflict among the biographies of Tameyoshi, Yoshitomo and others in "Sonpi Bunmyaku (Biographies of Nobles and the Humble)" and "Heihan-ki (TAIRA no Nobunori's diary)" (which is a main source of this disturbance); moreover, "Sonpi Bunmyaku" is closer to "Hogen Monogatari."
次に、以下の「史実との関係」にかかわるが、『尊卑分脈』の為義・義朝等の伝記はこの乱についての根本資料である『兵範記』との間に齟齬がみられ、『保元物語』に近い。