However, since Gakushuin adopted an educational policy based on Confucianism like old Daigaku-ryo did, scholars of Kokugaku (Japanese classical literature) were disaffected and they asked for the reformation of Gakushuin, centering on Kokugaku and Shinto, or the establishment of schools under the new system.
だが、学習院が旧来の大学寮同様の儒教に基づく教育方針を採っていたことに不満を抱いた国学者は、国学と神道を中心に据えた学習院の改革あるいは新制学校の創設を求めたのである。