However, although according to nobles' diaries that told how evil he was and descriptions of him in the "Taiheiki," Moronao had allowed his samurai to usurp shoen (manors in medieval Japan), this was in fact a common act among samurai at that time.
しかし、師直の悪逆非道を伝える貴族の日記や太平記の描写には、配下の武士の荘園の横領を認めていたなどの話が出てくるが、荘園の横領は、師直に限らず当時の武士一般に見られる行動であった。