Alternatively, some believed that Chikamitsu targeted Sadanori who had betrayed the Imperial army and changed the side to the Ashikaga army during the Battle of Hakone and Takenoshita, not Takauji.
また、尊氏ではなく、箱根・竹ノ下の戦いで官軍から足利方に寝返った貞載を狙ったとする説もある。