However, since it was written more than 200 years after all its main characters' deaths, it is impossible to believe that the creator of the "Gikeiki" actually had any sort of knowledge, either direct or indirect, of these historical figures' personalities.
しかしながら彼らの死後二百年以上経ってからの成立であるため、『義経記』の作者は当事者たちの人柄を、直接的にも間接的にも知っていたとは考えられない。