According to records established in later generation, including Japanese classics "Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace), "Masukagami" (The Clear Mirror), "Horyakukanki" (A History Book of the 14th century in Japan) and "Kamakura kudaiki" (Records of nine generations of the Kamakura), he tends to be described as a tyrant who enjoyed dogfight and dengaku (ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples) and the trend continues in History in Edo to Meiji period.
古典『太平記』や、『増鏡』、『保暦間記』、『鎌倉九代記』など後世に成立した記録では、闘犬や田楽に興じた暴君、暗君として書かれる傾向にあり、江戸時代から明治にかけての史学でもその傾向があった。