On this point, there is an opinion insisting that in fact, the Emperor was similar to those in present day Japan and Great Britain, which holds the principle that 'he reigns, but doesn't govern.'
この点について「君臨すれども統治せず」という原則をとる現代の日本やイギリスなどの君主と実態においては近しい存在であったという意見もある。