It was recorded in some documents such as "Tamonin Nikki" (Diary of Tamonin) written by Eishun (a monk in the Kofuku-ji Temple) and the like that the primary objective of the katanagari policy was preventing ikki (political community based on a league).
また、英俊（興福寺僧侶）による『多聞院日記』などでは、政策の主目的が一揆（盟約による政治共同体）の防止であったと記されている。