Also there is another theory that the content of the Imperial instruction was only the inheritance order of Kawachi-Ishikawa sho estate, or some people say the old theory is good enough since Buke-Genji (Minamoto clan as samurai families) was considered as the descendants of Emperor Seiwa according to Okagami (The Great Mirror) written in the beginning of 12th century.
また、告文の内容は河内石川庄の相続順序に過ぎないとする説や、12世紀はじめに書かれた大鏡が武家源氏を清和天皇の末としている事もあり、なお旧説でよいとする人もいる。