However, after World War II, based on the criticisms by people like Naoshige TSUCHIDA, the theory is no longer held as true for the following reasons: Until the early Insei period (the period ruled by the retired Emperor), even if there were differences in strength of authority between the Sessho/Kanpaku and the Emperor, political decisions were made through a consultation of both sides, and there was never a time in which the Sessho and/or Kanpaku arbitrarily took the initiative in political affairs; and orders that related to state politics were issued based on the chain of command through senshi and daijokanpu (official documents issued by the Daijokan and the Grand Council of State) even during the golden days of the regency, and it was revealed that kudashibumi and migosho documents issued by the Mandokoro were only effective for private or internal problems of the sessho and kanpaku themselves.
だが、戦後に入ると土田直鎮らによる批判などがあり、現在では院政初期までは摂政・関白と天皇との間に力関係の差はあっても、両者の協議によって政治判断が行われており、摂政・関白が専断的に政務を取った時期は存在しなかったこと、国政に関する命令は摂関政治全盛期でも宣旨・太政官符による命令系統が機能しており、政所下文及び御教書はあくまで摂政・関白個人の私的あるいは宣旨・太政官符内部の問題に対してのみ有効な命令文書であったことが明らかとされており、この説は成り立たないと考えられている。