By the end of the Meiji period, however, the reasons for the enthronement theory were questioned and now, at the beginning of the 21st century, it is generally understood that the prince was not enthroned.
しかし明治時代の終わり頃から即位説の根拠に疑問が提出され、21世紀初めの現在では即位はなかったとみる見方が有力である。