However, Takao ICHIMURA raised many questions in his book, "Togoku no Sengoku Kassen" (Battles in Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region) during the Sengoku period) (published by Yoshikawa Kobunkan Inc. in 2009), like 'how the official army forming the main constituent in battle secured war funds and so on,' 'whether the enemy territory was plundered and various kinds of goods looted,' 'although the social condition was presented concretely, it is wonder how a situation of the authority side starting the battle as well as a direct opportunity leading to the battle was related to such social conditions,' and so on, and future discussions are expected.
しかし、市村高男は『東国の戦国合戦』（吉川弘文館・2009年刊）で「合戦の主体となる正規の軍隊はどのようにして軍資金等を確保することができたのか」、「敵地には略奪するほどの諸物資が存在したのであろうか」、「社会状況の具体的な提示があるものの、戦闘に至る直接の契機についてはもとより、それらの社会状況と合戦を開始する権力側のいきさつがどのように関連していたのか」など、数々の疑問を呈しており、今後の議論が待たれている。