As values were changed and the study of medieval history in a historical science progressed after the war, his character as a rebel was emphasized, such that Eiji YOSHIKAWA drew a different image of Masashige from that of prewar times in his book "Shihon Taihei ki".
戦後は価値観の転換と歴史学における中世史の研究が進むと悪党としての性格が強調されるようになり、吉川英治は『私本太平記』の中で戦前までのイメージとは異なる正成像を描いている。