According to an authorized textbook written before WWII, Takauji was "a traitor who released an arrow against the Emperor", and Kumakichi NAKAJIMA, a member of the Makoto SAITO Cabinet, was forced to retire because he had praised Takauji in his writing.
戦前の国定教科書には「天皇に弓を引いた逆臣」と書かれており、斎藤実内閣の中島久万吉商工大臣が尊氏を礼賛した文章を書いたために辞任する事件も起こった。