After the unification of the Southern and Northern Courts, Chikafusa's book was willfully altered under the influence of the Muromachi bakufu to support the view that the Northern Court lineage was the one true and legitimate lineage, and a book critical of Chikafusa's viewpoint was written by Harutomi KOZUKI--and dubbed a "sequel"--called the "Zoku (continued) Jinno Shotoki."
南北朝統一後、北朝(日本)正統論を唱える室町幕府の影響下に改竄や“続編”と称しながら親房の論を否定して、『続神皇正統記』（小槻晴富）が書かれた事もあった。