If Hitomaro was politically purged as advocated by this view, however, it is logical to consider that Hitomaro had a certain level of official rank (not lower than the Fifth Rank) that should have been recorded in the official history.
しかしながらこの説が主張するように、政治的な粛清に人麻呂があったのなら、当然ある程度の官位（正史に残る五位以上の位階）を人麻呂が有していたと考えるのが必然である。