In this era, critical evaluations were also made for TAIRA no Masakado and Takauji ASHIKAGA, who were respected by Ieyasu and others, as rebels who had defied the imperial court (there is a theory as well that Ieyasu was also critical of Takauji ASHIKAGA).
この時期は家康らの尊敬の対象であった平将門や足利尊氏に対しても朝廷に刃向かった逆賊として批判的な評価がなされていた時期である（足利尊氏に対しては家康も批判的だったとする説もある）。