Commenting on the criticism of Yoshitsune's dogmatic behavior that was written by Kagetoki KAJIWARA after the Battle of Dannoura, "Azuma Kagami" wrote, 'Yoshitsune is incurring the hatred of not only Kagetoki, but also of those (warriors of the Kanto region) for his dogmatic and dictatorial behavior.'
壇ノ浦の合戦後に届いた義経の専横を批判する梶原景時の書状を受けて、『吾妻鏡』は「自専ノ慮ヲサシハサミ、カツテ御旨ヲ守ラズ、ヒトヘニ雅意ニマカセ、自由ノ張行ヲイタスノ間、人々恨ミヲナスコト、景時ニ限ラズ（義経はその独断専行によって景時に限らず、人々（関東武士達）の恨みを買っている）」と書いている。