A novelist, Motohiko IZAWA, indicated in his book "Gyakusetsu no Nihonshi" (The Paradox of Japanese History) Vol. 10, 'The Lord of the Sengoku Period - the mystery of the unification of Japan and Nobunaga' that this statement determined the loss of the Hokkeshu sect.
また作家の井沢元彦も『逆説の日本史』10「戦国覇王編-天下布武と信長の謎」において、この一言で法華宗の負けが決まったと指摘した。