It is a representative early war chronicle which the Abe clan (Mutsu Province) who were fushu (northern barbarians) and the Dewa Kiyohara clan were compared to the Minamoto clan by depicting them as warriors who were short in stature but strong.
俘囚である安倍氏(奥州)・出羽清原氏が源氏と対等な武士として、短いが力強く描写されている初期軍記物語の代表作である。