Centering on a struggle for succession to the Imperial Throne between Sutoku-in and Emperor Goshirakawa, it includes accounts of Sutoku's retreat, the following Heiji Disturbance and signs of the Genpei War of the Jisho-Jyuei era.
崇徳院と後白河天皇との皇位継承争いを軸に、崇徳側の敗退、以降の平治の乱、治承・寿永の源平合戦の予兆までを記す。