According to the account on Kagetoki's death in "Azuma Kagami," which was edited by the Hojo clan of the Kamakura bakufu later on, 'he behaved outrageously making use of his advantage of being favored by the Shogun for two generations and long-standing evils returned to him in the end.'
鎌倉幕府北条氏による後年の編纂書である『吾妻鏡』では、その死に際する記事で「二代にわたる将軍の寵愛を誇って傍若無人に振る舞い、多年の積悪が遂に身に帰した」と記されている。