There are no grounds that justify such opinions, however, and it is also said that they were to unduly injure the status of busho who had close connections to the Toyotomi family.
ただし、こうした説の正当性を示す根拠は存在せず、江戸時代以降に豊臣家と縁故の武将の地位を不当に貶めるために、殊更論われたとも言われている。