Because the period of the Northern and Southern Courts is regarded, along with ancient history, as a period connected with the origins of the Imperial Family, and the images of Takauji as a rebel and Masashige as a loyal vassal had been fixed as the basis of koukoku-shikan, the 'Taiheiki' has rarely been used as the subject of novels, movies and TV dramas.
南北朝時代は古代史と並び天皇家のルーツに関わる時代で、皇国史観のもと逆臣・尊氏や忠臣・正成などのイメージが固定化された「太平記」は、小説や映画・TVドラマなどの題材として作品化される事は極めて稀であった。