Kenshin did not seem to be aware of this tradition, and this incident rapidly increased an antipathy toward him among the warlords in the Kanto region, which was later a major obstacle in his advancing to the Kanto region.
謙信はこの故事を知らなかったと思われるが、この事件によって関東諸将の謙信への反感が急速に高まり、以後の関東進出の大きな足かせとなった。