Moreover, this historical data was issued after the mid-Edo period, and therefore the current widely held theory was that this story was created by scholars who pandered to the Edo government in order to demean Mitsunari and Yodo-dono.
及びこの話の出典が江戸中期以降ということから、現在では三成や淀殿を貶めるために幕府の御用学者が捏造したとの説が有力である。