While Yoshitsune's uselessness in politics came to be pointed out, Kagetoki came to be recognized as someone who had volunteered a thankless role to establish Yoritomo's samurai government, and who was efficient and bureaucratic although he couldn't be described as a good person.
義経の政治面での無能さが指摘されるようになり、その一方景時は頼朝の武家政権の確立のために進んで憎まれ役を買った、善人とは言えないまでも優れて官僚的な人物であると評価されるようになった。