People often misunderstand as if such a concrete status and a title had existed because it is written in "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji) that Hikaru Genji, the main character of the story, took "the position which was equal to Daijo tenno", however, Jun Daijo tenno is neither a position nor a title but treatment.
また『源氏物語』に、主人公光源氏が「太上天皇になずらふ御位」に就いた旨の記述がなされていることから、しばしばあたかもそのような具体的な地位や称号が存在したかのように誤解されるが、准太上天皇は、地位や称号ではなくあくまでも待遇である。