The writer of the classic epic "Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace) was clearly critical about basara, and in it, the basara-like behaviors the people such as KO no Moronao, a head steward of the Genke Ashikaga clan, Doyo SASAKI (Takauji) of Omi Province (Shiga Prefecture), and Yorito TOKI of Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture), are described
ばさらに対して批判的な古典『太平記』には、源家足利氏筆頭執事の高師直や近江国（滋賀県）の佐々木道誉（高氏）や美濃国（岐阜県）の土岐頼遠などのばさら的な行動が記されている。