Regarding this state of affairs, the retired Emperor Gotoba had initially avoided confrontation with the military government and had instead aimed for harmony between court and shogunate; for that reason, he had if anything seemed strongly supportive of Sanetomo's rise to the rank of Shogun.
これに対して、近年では後鳥羽上皇は武家政権との対立ではなく、当初は公武融和による政治を図っており、そのために実朝の位を進め優遇していたとの見方が強い。