It is the widely-accepted theory today that 'SANJO is not included as the Prime Ministers in the history' as it was because 'the post was continued from Kuroda Cabinet' though 'SANJO, Minister of the center, also held the post as Prime Minister' in the two months.
今日ではこの2ヵ月間に「内大臣の三條が内閣総理大臣を兼任していた」とはしながらも、それは「黒田内閣の延長」であって「三條は歴代の内閣総理大臣には含めない」とすることが時代の趨勢となっている。