There are many uncertainties about him: some says he was a real existing person; some says he is fictitious; some say he is the same person as Shigekata YOSHIDA of the Yoshida school.
しかし、その経歴については不明な点も多く、実在説、架空人物説、吉田流初代・吉田重賢と同一人物とする説などがある。