However some suggest this theory is not credible because Takamura did not take a post in relation with Shimotsuke Province and was exiled in the year when the school is claimed to have been built.
ただし、篁が下野国に関連する役職に就いたことはなく、また、設立年とされる年には流刑になっていることから、この説には信憑性がないという主張が強い。