Haku ITO (scholar of Manyo) had a similar anecdote that a woman asked him to withdraw the remarks he had made in his lecture, which was also that there was no proof regarding the generally accepted impression of Nukata no Okimi ("Manyo no Kajin to Sakuhin" (Poets and their Works in Manyoshu)).
これに類する逸話としては、伊藤博(万葉学者)も、やはり額田王について一般的にもたれているイメージは確証のあることではないという趣旨の講演をおこなったところ、ひとりの婦人に内容の撤回を求められた、というものがある（『萬葉の歌人と作品』）。