Hiroki KAWAKAMI who made the claim in the Meiji period said the school was established with kokufu (provincial office) of Tsuga District but was relocated to a place in connection with the Ashikaga family when it became the Shogun family.
明治期にこの説を唱えた川上廣樹によれば、当初、都賀郡の国府に併設されていたが、足利家が将軍家となると、ゆかりの地に国学を移設したのだという。