However, some say that they actually might have been trying to restrain the Northern Court, including Emperor Gokomatsu, by escaping from them, since the Northern Court was not in favor of the Southern Court succeeding the Imperial Throne.
しかしこの逃亡は本当は南朝側に皇位を継がせることを快く思っていなかった後小松天皇をはじめとする北朝側を牽制する目的があったのではないかという説がある。