Since there was no concept of copyright at that time, and Mokkatsuji-ban was unfit for the traditional publication practice that a manufacturer and holder of a printing block was regarded as a rightful person, some bookstores as publishers in the three major cities launched a campaign against it.
これに対して当時は著作権の概念がなく、整版版木の製作・所持者が権利者であると考えられてきた当時の出版慣行と適合しないことから、版元である三都の書林（本屋）などを中心にこれを排斥する動きもあった。