Ujimitsu ASHIKAGA, the Kamakura Kubo, was born in the year of the monkey, according to the Chinese zodiac (nowadays, he is considered to have been born in the year of boar), while Yoshimitsu was born in the year of dog; therefore, there was an interpretation that the monkey and the dog represent these two people.
鎌倉公方の足利氏満は申年（しかし現在では亥年生まれとされる）生まれ、義満は戌年生まれだから猿や犬とは2人のことであるという解釈もされていた。