Also, it has been passed down that while he initially intended to advance toward Echigo Province where many family members resided, he later made up his mind to attack Kamakura according to the exhortations by his younger brother Yoshisuke WAKIYA.
当初は利根川を超えて、一族が多数いる越後国方面へ進軍する予定であったが、弟の脇屋義助に諭されて鎌倉攻めを決意したと伝えられる。