As for the Sanshoku suinin mondai, the viewpoint that the Imperial Court led this issue in both theories was influential, but Kyoko TACHIBANA proposed a new theory that it was led by Nobunaga's will, and as a result, it led to a dispute.
三職推任問題については、双方の説も朝廷主導と見るのが有力であったが、立花京子が信長の意思であるとの新説を提唱し、論争となった。