According to "Azuma Kagami," Kagetoki was planning to move to Kyoto to gather soldiers in Kyushu and to plot a rebellion by appointing Ariyoshi TAKEDA as Shogun.
『吾妻鏡』は、景時が上洛して九州の軍兵を集め、武田有義を将軍に建てて反乱を企てたとしている。