However, it can be considered that sanpokyudai was a system to compete for their skillfulness and evaluate each other across such schools and sanpokyudai was a peculiar case in Japanese traditional entertainment.
しかし三方及第はそうした流儀を越えて技を競い批評し合うシステムであったと考えることができ、これは日本の伝統芸能の中では特異なものである。