As Genrin, a Buddhist monk who later became the chief priest of Myoshin-ji Temple, was Mitsuhide's son and no other equivalent sons were recorded in his genealogical table, a view asserting that Mitsuyoshi survived in fact and became Genrin is now emerging.
なお、後年妙心寺の住職となった僧の玄琳は光秀の子であり、系図に他に相当する男子がいないことから、光慶が生存して玄琳になったのではないかとする説が現在浮上している。