It was Masashi NEZU who first argued scholarly about the theory of the Emperor's assassination, he published an essay of "Did Emperor Komei die of disease or poison?" "Emperor Komei and Nakagawanomiya"
まず最初に学問的に暗殺説を論じたのは、『孝明天皇は病死か毒殺か』『孝明天皇と中川宮』などの論文を発表したねずまさしである。