"Shomon-ki" (Tale of Masakado) that depicted the rebellion in Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region) in the Johei and Tengyo War by TAIRA no Masakado and "Mutsuwa-ki" (A Record of Mutsu, or A Chronicle of the Earlier Nine Years' War) that depicted Zen Kunen Kassen (Former Nine Years War) in Mutsu Province were based on the wars in local regions, therefore, they depicted local samurai well.
承平・天慶の乱における平将門の東国での反乱を描いた『将門記』、陸奥における前九年合戦の経過を記した『陸奥話記』はともに地方の合戦に取材したもので、地方武士の様相がよく描かれている。