Furthermore, Tomohiko OKANO, a researcher, paid attention to the replacement of the meaning of Shogakuin Junnain ryo-in betto (Shogakuin: private school of Ariwara family; Junnain: a family school named after the Summer Place of Emperor Junnna; betto: school chancellor) as a post of Kuge that originally had the social standing of Genji no chojya (chief of the Minamoto clan) to toryo (a leader of samurai family) in the samurai class.
また、岡野友彦は源氏長者の地位を本来持っていた公家の役職としての奨学院淳和院両院別当としての意味から武家の棟梁としての意味に換骨奪胎していることに注目した。