However, according to "Iemoto no Kenkyu" (Study of Iemoto) written by Matsunosuke NISHIYAMA, in most schools of martial arts the iemoto system was not employed during the Edo period.
ただし、西山松之助　『家元の研究』にみるように江戸時代における大半の武術流派には家元制度はとられてはいなかった。