Therefore the edict is called in various names among researchers, some calling it "edict of emancipation of the class system" or "edict of emancipation of lower class people" and other calling it without the word "emancipation" "edict of abolition of names of lower class people ", "edict of abolition of status names", or "edict of abolition".
そのため、研究者の間では様々な呼び方があり、「身分解放令」「賎民解放令」と呼ぶ例、中には「解放」の名称を使用せず「賤称廃止令」「廃称令」「廃止令」などと呼称する人々もいる。