Kazunori HISHINUMA (research partnership member of the National Museum of Japanese History) stated his theory on this battle in his book, "The battle and strategy of MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune: His legend and real image" (Kadokawa Sensho, published in 2005), as follows.
菱沼一憲（国立歴史民俗博物館科研協力員）は著書「源義経の合戦と戦略―その伝説と実像―」（角川選書、2005年）で、この合戦について以下の説を述べている。