Among views which advocates that the mastermind was the imperial court, there are different views with respect to the key person of the plot, for example, the Emperor Ogimachi, Imperial Prince Sanehito or a noble such as Sakihisa KONOE.
朝廷黒幕説には、中心となる黒幕として、正親町天皇・誠仁親王、あるいは近衛前久等の公家衆を主体とみるかについて意見が分かれる。