Against that tendency, after World War II Eiji YOSHIKAWA wrote a novel about the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan) called the "Shihon Taiheiki," giving Takauji ASHIKAGA a new interpretation that was different from the previous image of him.
その風潮に対して、吉川英治は戦後、『私本太平記』において足利尊氏をそれまでのイメージと違う新たな解釈を加えて南北朝時代を小説化した。