In this tome FUJIWARA no Nobuyori and Minamoto no Yoshitomo raise armies, confine the emperor, Emperor Goshirakawa, personally use the imperial forces intending to overthrow their political foes FUJIWARA no Shinzei and TAIRA no Kiyomori, but, Kiyomori, who was on a trip to Kumano, secretly rescued the emperor and empress.
この巻では藤原信頼と源義朝が挙兵し、天皇及び後白河天皇を幽閉し、自らを官軍として政敵藤原信西・平清盛の打倒を目論んだが、熊野詣をしていた清盛が密かに帝と院を救出。