Regardless of the truth, the tales that Yoritomo regarded him as 'a graceful person' (in "The Tale of the Heike") and as 'an honest, righteous vassal' (in "Azuma Kagami" literally, The Mirror of the East) were not exaggerated.
真相はどうあれ、「うるわしい人」（『平家物語』）・「廉直な貞臣」（『吾妻鏡』）と頼朝が評したとされる話も決して大袈裟ではない。