However, in "Tokugawa Bakufu Genealogy" which was edited at the end of the Edo period, Asahihime who was the second wife of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA was called "Asahi-no-kimi", and Sugen-in who was the second wife of Hidetada was called "Oeyo-no-kimi", thus the theory insisting that "kimi" was a derogatory term was not accepted.
ただし、幕末に編纂された「徳川幕府家譜」で徳川家康の継室朝日姫が「朝日君」、秀忠の継室崇源院が「於江与君」とされているので、「君」が蔑称だとする説は成り立たない。