Things mainly told in the story are about the enemies of the Genpei War including TAIRA no Tomomori, TAIRA no Koremori and TAIRA no Noritsune who were supposed to be dead, a family of common people in Yoshino, and a imposter pretending to be Tadanobu SATO, a vassal of Yoshitsune's.
物語の主体となるのは源平合戦で滅びたはずの敵平知盛・平維盛・平教経、吉野の庶民一家そして義経家臣佐藤忠信の偽者である。