There is a description made in April 1184 that Yoritomo denounced the detailed appearance of gokenin, who were appointed to government post in the Imperial Court without Yoritomo's recommendation.
文治元年（1184年）4月、頼朝の推薦を受けずに朝廷の官職についた御家人たちの容姿を細かくあげつらって罵倒する記述がある。