However, a recent study has identified the name "FUJIWARA no Tsunekiyo" on the list of the names of the Fujiwara clan members whose official ranks were Goi (Fifth Rank) or above, written in 'Zo Kofuku-ji ki' (the document about the reconstruction of Kofuku-ji Temple) made in 1047.
しかし、近年の研究では藤原経清について永承2年（1047年）の五位以上の藤原氏交名を記した「造興福寺記」に名前が見えている。