The fisherman describes every detail of incidents such as the following: the kumiuchi scene (grappling fight) between Shiro MIHONOYA of the Minamoto clan and TAIRA no Kagekiyo of the Taira clan (this legendary fight is called 'Shikorobiki' in Japanese); the scene in which Yoshitsune's trusted retainer, Tsugunobu SATO, was struck by an arrow and died while rescuing Yoshitsune; and the scene in which Kikuo—a beloved son of TAIRA no Noritsune, who shot the arrow that killed Tsugunobu SATO—dies.
源氏の三保谷四郎と平氏の平景清との組討（「しころびき」という）の模様や、義経をまもって敵の矢にあたってたおれた腹心佐藤継信、その矢を射た平教経の愛童菊王の死など、漁師があまりにも詳しく語った。