Following Hogen Monogatari (The Tale of the Hogen Disturbance), Heiji Monogatari (The Tale of Heiji), and Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike), it is the last book of 'Shibu no Gassensho' (The Four War Tales) depicting how the Kamakura bakufu drove the dynasty into collapse and the process of establishing a feudal system.
保元物語・平治物語・平家物語と続く「四部之合戦書」の最後の戦記物で鎌倉幕府が王朝を崩壊に追い込むさまと、封建体制確立の過程をえがいている。