The image of Soun seen in recent studies is completely different; a young man from a noted family who served the Shogun received an order from the Bakufu to go to Suruga, ruled over Kanto in collaboration with the central government and later became a member of the Gohojo clan.
近年の研究を反映した早雲像は全く別であり、将軍に直接仕える名門一族の青年が幕府の命を帯びて駿河に下り、中央の政治と連動しながら関東で活躍して、後北条氏の祖となったことになる。