Chikafusa KITABATAKE (a member of the Murakami-Genji clan) praised the toppling of Emperor Yozei in the Jinno shotoki, writing that due to the "by virtue of his good deeds" Mototsune's descendents were able to monopolize the positions of Sessho and Kanpaku.
北畠親房（村上源氏）は神皇正統記において廃位を称賛し、その「積善の余慶」によって基経の子孫が摂政関白を独占したと記述している。