How much less so Yoritomo's wife Masako HOJO or his rear vassal Yoshitoki HOJO, to whom the reins of government fell after Yoritomo's death; truly, to seek to eliminate such as these is an undertaking that is not unreasonable.
ましてや、頼朝の妻北条政子や陪臣の北条義時がその後を受けたので、これらを排除しようというのは理由のないことではない。