Moreover, some scholars expressed the theory that traditional researchers were fundamentally wrong to identify the location of Ichinotani in their traditional explanation of the battle (local history researcher of Hyogo Prefecture, Nobuo UEMURA).
さらに、従来の合戦の解説での一ノ谷の位置の比定が根本的に誤っているとする説もある（兵庫県郷土史家・梅村伸雄）。