According to an account in the "Kikki," "especially during the period following Yorimori's taking the tonsure and becoming a Buddhist priest, there were often unpleasant matters" (see the entry for July 28, 1183), and as far as can be seen from records at that time, no one criticized Yorimori for splitting with his clan, to the contrary, it is portrayed as a matter of course.
『吉記』では「就中件卿、故入道相国之時度々雖有不快事」（寿永2年7月28日条）と記され、当時の記録を見る限りでは頼盛が平氏一門を離脱したことを非難する声はなく、むしろ当然の行動と見られていたことがうかがえる。