In addition to "Hogen Monogatari," "Heiji Monogatari (The Tale of Heiji)," "Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike)" and "Jokyu Ki (A Record of Jokyu)" are known generically as 'Four Volumes of Battle Story' ("Heike Monogatari Kanbunroku (Report)," which confirms that in the Middle Ages the manner of taking these battles in the periods of Hogen to Jokyu--a period of warriors' uprisings--as a series of incidents had already existed.
この『保元物語』に『平治物語』『平家物語』『承久記』を合わせた4作品は「四部の合戦状」（『平家物語勘文録』）と称され、保元から承久にいたる武士の勃興期の戦乱をひと続きのもとして理解する見方が中世からあったことが確認できる。