However, because some of the causes for Ichiyo's financial troubles can be attributed to the internal affairs of Ichiyo herself - for example, the Higuchi family's annulment of the engagement that her father had recommended after her father's death (parenthetically, the fiance later became the governor of Akita and Yamanashi prefectures), Ichiyo's disdain for labor, and her worshipful feelings towards shizoku and kazoku (the peerage) - some think it one-sided to consider Ichiyo a talented but financially troubled saint.
ただし一葉が経済的に窮乏した原因には、父親が薦めた許婚者を父親の死後に樋口家側が破棄したこと（ちなみに許婚者は後に秋田県知事・山梨県知事となる）や、一葉の労働に対する蔑視意識、士族や華族を崇拝する思想などの一葉自身の内面的事情が少なくないため、一葉を才能に恵まれながら資金的に不遇な生涯を送った聖人のように考えるのは一方的な見方であるとの意見もある。