The main theme focuses on the love affairs between Hamamatsu Chunagon, the main character and various ladies; such as a tragic love with Daihime, a daughter of his stepfather, Sadaisho, and then, a love and parting with the empress in Tang (China) where he went to see his dead father who visited his dream and telling him that he reincarnated as a prince of Tang.
主人公である浜松中納言と継父左大将の娘、大姫との悲恋、そして夢告で亡父が唐土の皇子に転生したと知り、彼を求めて渡唐し、かの地で出会った后との恋と別れ、といった様々な女性たちとのめぐりあいを主題としている。