However, there is a recent, alternative view which claims that it was Jiro who was expelled to Owari Province, and that Yorinari stayed in Mino at that time, holding his position as a puppet shugo.
ただし、近年では尾張国に追放されたのは次郎であって、頼芸はこの段階では美濃に留まって傀儡の守護としてその地位を保っていたとする異説もある。