Mitsukuni TOKUGAWA, however, rated Chikafusa's opinions very highly in his 'Dainihonshi' (History of Greater Japan), and argued in places for the view that even from Chikafusa's perspective, who would likely have criticized the fundamental existence of the Edo bakufu, it was nevertheless possible to achieve a 'virtuous governmental administration under the warrior class,' citing contemporary examples of Yasutoki-like figures within the bakufu.
だが、徳川光圀が「大日本史」で親房の主張を高く評価し、また親房からすれば、本来否定されるべき存在である筈の江戸幕府の中にも泰時の例などを引用して「武家による徳治政治」の正当性を導く意見が現れるようになった。