When Kodai NOMURA of the Kogaku-ha (School of Ancient Learning) wrote "Doku Kokuiko" (On Reading Kokuiko) in 1781, Kairyo, a scholar of Japanese classical literature, presented his counterargument in "Doku Kokuiko ni kotaeru fumi" (Response to Doku Kokuiko); furthermore, in 1806, Inahiko HASHIMOTO, another scholar of Japanese classical literature, tentatively put an end to the debate with his "Bendoku Kokuiko" (Thoughts on reading Kokuiko).
天明元年（1781年）に古学派の野村公台が『読国意考』を著したのに対し、国学者・海量が『読国意考にこたえるふみ』で反駁し、さらに文化(元号)3年（1806年）に同じく国学者・橋本稲彦が『辯読国意考』でこの論争を一応締めくくる。