However MAEZAWA did not give any reasons as to why the provincial school of Ashikaga was not abolished and remained when kokufu and the provincial school were relocated to the Tsuga District (toward present-day Tochigi City).
ただし、前澤は、国府と国学は都賀郡（現在の栃木市方面）に移転したが、何故、足利の国学が廃絶せずに残ったのかについては理由を述べていない。