In the Kenmu Restoration, Masashige KUSUNOKI praised him saying 'Taketoki was the most loyal subject who risked his life on the emperor (Emperor Godaigo),' and Takeshige KIKUCHI who succeeded to Taketoki was awarded a territory of Higo Province as reward grants.
建武の新政で楠木正成は、「武時は帝（後醍醐天皇）に一命を賭した忠臣第一の人」と賞賛し、武時の後を継いだ菊池武重は恩賞として肥後一国を与えられた。